 Madame Favart pretends to faint when the Governor tells her that her knows where Favart is in hiding.At a reception for Hector as the new police lieutenant, the Governor arrives, with Mme.Favart in yet another disguise, this time the Comtesse de Montgriffon, who persuades Pontsablé that the real Madame Favart is on the road to Saint-Omer.