The emperor will enter, his companions will follow.

Inside the hut armed conspirators will be stationed, who, as soon as the emperor enters, will seize and gag him, bind him hand and foot, and thus render him harmless.

Then one of the party who entered with the emperor, Colonel Lejeune, whose figure is exactly like his, will put on a suit of clothes made precisely like the emperor's, and, donning Napoleon's three-cornered hat, will leave the hut.

Meanwhile twilight will have gathered, and the conspirators, with the emperor--that is Colonel Lejeune--at their head, will return to Schoenbrunn.

The guards will salute as soon as they see the emperor dash into the courtyard.