But listen, every sinew will be needed
Still to achieve this wedding, though we have
Camarin with us, willing. So I've learned
A ship has come from Venice.
Smarda (quickly). Pietro?
Vittia. Yes, Pietro, it must be, has arrived
With papers that will help.
Smarda. Ha! Fortune's touch!
Vittia. It is, but tardy. Therefore I must have
Them instantly.
Smarda. Ere he has time, lady,
To vaunt his loves, in Lusignan, and babble.
Vittia. As, wooing dolt, he will. But see to it.
I shall be in this place with lord Amaury,
Whom I must ... but no matter.
He left me suddenly a season since
Seeing his father look strangely upon
His mother; for lord Renier's doubt I still
Have been compelled to feed—to move Yolanda.
Here in this place then I shall be, at need.
[She goes engrossedly.
Smarda (recalling the pledge; evilly). A-ha! ha-ha! ha-ha! if she but win!
A talisman with might upon the Moor!
[Begins to dance—a charm held up before her.