ARAMINTE: Brilliant like a flash of lightning.
BELISE: Who rarely speaks but with weight and measure.
ARAMINTE: Mine talks ceaselessly and about everything. But always well.
BELISE: Like you, I see you and I have chosen our spouses according to our characters.
ARAMINTE: It's prudent.
BELISE: It's wisdom. Mine has wealth, birth, esteem. He's the Senechal
Groux.
ARAMINTE: That's a man who is known. Like you, I have found a noble spouse. But of ancient nobility. A distinguished man. He's the Chevalier Cique.
BELISE: They speak well of him. Your vote, sister, and the voice of the people honor him.
ARAMINTE: The public ought to praise us for our choices, But, in other respects, we've had strange obstacles. This forfeiture, for example—
BELISE: Yes, this forfeit, right.