I have an idea! I
will found the house of Quinola and Company; if they don't prosper you
shall.
Fontanares
Ah! what would have become of me without you?
Monipodio
You would have been the prey of Avaloros.
Fontanares
To work, then! The inventor must prove the salvation of the lover.
(Exeunt.)
Curtain to the First Act.
ACT II
SCENE FIRST
(A room in the palace of Senora Brancadori.)
Avaloros, Sarpi and Paquita.
Avaloros
Is the queen of our lives really ill?
Paquita
She is melancholy.
Avaloros
Is thought, then, a malady?
Paquita
Yes, and you therefore can be sure of good health.
Sarpi
Say to my dear cousin that Senor Avaloros and I are awaiting her good
pleasure.
Avaloros
Stay; here are two ducats if you will say that I am sometimes
pensive--
Paquita
I will say that your tastes are expensive. But I must go and induce
the senora to dress herself. (Exit.)
SCENE SECOND
Avaloros and Sarpi.
Sarpi
Poor viceroy! He is the youngster.
Avaloros
While your little cousin is making a fool of him, you are displaying
all the activity of a statesman and clearing the way for the king's
conquest of French Navarre. If I had a daughter I would give her to
you. Old Lothundiaz is no fool.
Sarpi
How fine it would be to be founder of a mighty house; to win a name in
the history of the country; to be a second Cardinal Granville or Duke
of Alva!
Avaloros
Yes! It would be a very fine thing.
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