“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.”
“This is the declaration day; I shall lose again.”
“Then don’t play.”