Les rendez-vous bourgeois

Once in the public domain it was mounted at the Bouffes-Parisiens and the Théâtre de la Gaîté, then the Théâtre de la Renaissance on 11 March 1879 for 25 performances, with a cast including Jean-François Berthelier as Bertrand, Jane Hading as Charles and Mily-Meyer as Louise.

The latter is in love with Julie but she favours Jasmin, a valet in a nearby house, visiting the Dugravier home.

Dugravier decides to go to Paris with Bertrand to arrange marriages for Reine and Louise with the sons of two rich gentlemen.

With Dugravier gone, Louise confides to Julie that she has a lover, Charles, with whom she has an assignation that night, while Reine confesses that she too is to meet her own César.

The three young men then escape through a window, but return shortly after, claiming to have fought off the imaginary bandits.