Fontanares
What devil is blinding you? Without me, this machine is nothing but so
much iron, steel, copper and wood; with me, it represents a fortune.
Coppolus
We are not going to leave you.
(The two merchants make a movement as if to hem in Fontanares.)
Fontanares
What friend embraces you so closely as a creditor? Well, well, I wish
the devil would take back the great thought he gave me.
All
The devil!
Fontanares
Ah! I must keep watch upon my tongue or one word will throw me into
the clutches of the Inquisition! No glory can recompense me for such
sufferings as these!
Coppolus (to Carpano)
Shall we have it sold?
Fontanares
But to be worth anything, the machine must be finished, and one piece
of it is wanting, of which the model is before you. (Coppolus and
Carpano consult together.) Two hundred sequins more would be required
for its completion.
SCENE TENTH
The same persons, Quinola (disguised as a fantastic old man),
Monipodio (fancifully dressed), the landlord of the Golden Sun.
The Landlord of the Golden Sun (pointing to Fontanares)
Senor, that is he.
Quinola
And so you have lodged the grandson of General Fontanares in a stable!
The republic of Venice will set him in a palace! My dear boy, let me
embrace you. (He steps up to Fontanares.) The most noble republic has
learned of your promises to the king of Spain, and I have left the
arsenal at Venice, over which I preside, in order that--(aside to
Fontanares) I am Quinola.
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