As he inquires, Figaro claims himself to be the culprit.
Figaro arrives at the scene to gather them up, followed by the gardener Antonio, who is upset that someone destroyed his flowers by jumping over the Countess’s balcony. As he inquires, Figaro claims himself to be the culprit. When the gardener displays the military commission Cherubino had dropped, Figaro claims he was keeping it to acquire the Count’s seal. Basilio, Doctor Bartolo, and Marcellina enter the scene, claiming that Figaro is bound to pay an outstanding debt by marrying Marcellina. The suspicious Almaviva vows to investigate and subsequently postpones the wedding.