Don Ramon
Senor, you are perfectly right, the clouds, that is, the water--
Quinola
Water, senor? Why! It is the world. Without water, you could not--That
is plain. Well now! This is the point on which my grandson's invention
is based; water will subdue water. X equals O plus O, that is the
complete formula.
Don Ramon (aside)
The terms he employs are incomprehensible.
Quinola
Do you understand me?
Don Ramon
Perfectly.
Quinola (aside)
This man is a driveling dotard. (Aloud) I have spoken to you in the
language of genuine philosophy--
Mathieu Magis (to Monipodio)
Can you tell me who this remarkably learned man is?
Monipodio
He is a very great man, to whom I am indebted for my knowledge of
ballistics; he is the director of the Venetian arsenal, and purposes
this evening to make us a contribution on behalf of the republic.
Mathieu Magis
I must go and tell Senora Brancadori, she comes from Venice. (Exit.)
SCENE FOURTEENTH
The same persons, with the exception of Mathieu Magis. Lothundiaz and
Marie.
Marie
Am I in time?
Quinola (aside)
Hurrah! Here comes our treasure.
(Lothundiaz and Don Ramon exchange greetings and examine the pieces of
machinery in the centre of the stage.)
Fontanares
What! Is Marie here?
Marie
My father brought me. Ah! my dear friend, your servant told me of your
distress--
Fontanares (to Quinola)
You scoundrel!
Quinola
What, grandson!
Marie
And he brought all my agonies to an end.
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