Marie (after a conversation with Fontanares) You will accept this—will you not—as a means of securing your triumph, for is not our happiness staked on that?
Fontanares To think that I am dragging down this pearl into the gulf which is yawning to receive me.
(Quinola and Monipodio depart.)
SCENE FIFTEENTH
The same persons and Sarpi.
Sarpi (to Lothundiaz)
You here, Senor Lothundiaz? And your daughter too?
Lothundiaz I promised that she should come her to say farewell on condition that she would not refuse to retire to a convent afterwards.
Sarpi The assembly here is so numerous that I am not surprised, nor in the least offended, by your complaisance towards her.
Fontanares Ah! Here comes the fiercest of my persecutors. How are you, senor; are you come to put my constancy to a fresh test?
Sarpi I represent the viceroy of Catalonia, senor, and I have a right to your respectful treatment. (To Don Ramon) Are you satisfied with him?