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SCENE SIXTEENTH
Avaloros, Quinola, Monipodio, Fontanares and Sarpi.
Sarpi (to Avaloros)
It is too late for a sail.
Avaloros
I do not care; I have won ten crowns in gold.
(Sarpi and Avaloros talk together.)
Fontanares (to Monipodio)
Who is this person?
Monipodio
It is Avaloros, the richest banker of Catalonia; he has bought the
whole Mediterranean to be his tributary.
Quinola
I feel my heart filled with tenderness towards him.
Monipodio
Every one of us owns him as our master.
Avaloros (to Fontanares)
Young man, I am a banker; if your business is a good one, next to the
protection of God and that of the king, nothing is as good as that of
a millionaire.
Sarpi (to the banker)
Make no engagements at present. You and I together will easily be able
to make ourselves masters of this enterprise.
Avaloros (to Fontanares)
Very well, my friend, you must come to see me.
(Monipodio secretly robs him of his purse.)
SCENE SEVENTEENTH
Monipodio, Fontanares and Quinola.
Quinola (to Fontanares)
Are you making a good beginning here?
Monipodio
Don Fregose is jealous of you.
Quinola
Sarpi is bent on defeating your enterprise.
Monipodio
You are posing as a giant before dwarfs who are in power! Before you
put on these airs of pride, succeed! People who succeed make
themselves small, slip into small openings and glide inward to the
treasure.
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