“Yet he has a son.”
“Yes, he has a child who calls him father; but he himself confesses that he is only able to shew his manly powers with his wife.”
“That’s all nonsense, for you are made to give birth to amorous desires, and a man who could live with you without being able to possess you ought to cease to live.”
“Do you really think so?”
“Dear Leonilda, if I were in the duke’s place I would shew you what a man who really loves can do.”
“Caro Don Giacomo, I am delighted to hear you love me, but you will soon forget me, as you are leaving Naples.”
“Cursed be the gaming-table, for without it we might spend some delightful hour together.”
“The duke told me that you lost a thousand ducats yesterday evening like a perfect gentleman. You must be very unlucky.”
“Not always, but when I play on a day in which I have fallen in love I am sure to lose.”
“You will win back your money this evening.”