Countess. This is not very courteous.
Fra. My master is not over courteous: but when he sees a chance of saving a fellow creature's life, he'll attempt it at the hazard of his own.
Bar. You are right. Now hear the reason of our visit. The wife and brother-in-law of the man, whose child your master has saved, wish to acknowledge their obligations to him.
Fra. That he dislikes. He only wishes to live unnoticed.
Countess. He appears to be unfortunate.
Fra. Appears!
Countess. An affair of honour, perhaps, or some unhappy attachment may have—
Fra. They may.
Countess. Be this as it may, I wish to know who he is.
Fra. So do I.