Act II. Salon of _Fedora_ in Paris. _Loris_ is entertained by her. She

uses all her arts of fascination in hope of securing proof of his guilt. He falls desperately in love with her, and she succeeds in drawing from him a confession of the murder. _Grech_, a police officer, plans to take _Loris_ after all the guests have left. Then, however, _Loris_ tells her further that he killed the _Count_ because he betrayed his young wife and brought about her untimely death. _Fedora_, who herself has fallen in love with _Loris_, now takes him into her arms. But the trap is ready to be sprung. She is, however, able to escape with him.