 When Pierrot and Arlequin return, they test out the ruse on them, pretending to admire it on each other, challenging the twins to describe it and letting them come up with justifications each time they get it wrong.Although convinced that it is real, the brothers admit to each other in private that they couldn't see it, but blame themselves for their flirting.After everyone leaves, Uncle Cassandre enters and contemplates his engagement to Nicolette, an "acquired taste".