No strings, just the relentless ticking of a large clock, possibly with toy soldiers as accoutrements. A sweet love duet, in the opera originally scored for baritone and mezzo-soprano. The March of the French, a musical skeleton with bouncing rhythms, is first. Then there is a section devoted to Napoleon, with a reference to La Marseillaise. Finally, the section ends with a Nepolianic funeral march.
Soldiers dance and make merry.