If you have deceived me I will never see you again so long as I
live!
(She leaves him.)
SCENE FIFTH.
Don Fregose (alone)
Oh, why cannot I give up the sight, the voice of this woman! She
delights me even in her very anger, and I love to call forth her
reproaches, that I may listen to her words.
SCENE SIXTH
Paquita and Monipodio (disguised as a begging friar at the door of the
Brancadori Palace).
Paquita
Madame told me to learn why Monipodio stationed himself below, but I
saw no one there.
Monipodio
Alms, my dear child, is a treasure which is laid up in heaven.
Paquita
I have nothing to give.
Monipodio
Never mind, promise me something.
Paquita
This is rather a jovial friar.
Monipodio
She does not recognize me and I believe I can run the risk.
(Monipodio knocks at the door of Lothundiaz.)
Paquita
Ah! If you count upon the alms of our friend the land-owner, you would
be richer with my promise. (To Faustine Brancadori, who appears on the
balcony) Madame, the men are gone.
SCENE SEVENTH
Monipodio and Dona Lopez (at the door of the Lothundiaz Mansion.)
Dona Lopez
What is it you desire?
Monipodio
The brothers of our order have received tidings of your dear Lopez--
Dona Lopez
That he was living?
Monipodio
As you conduct the Senorita Marie to the convent of the Dominicans,
take a turn round the square; you will meet there an escaped Algerian
captive, who will tell you about Lopez.
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