Curtain to the First Act.
ACT II
SCENE FIRST
(A room in the palace of Senora Brancadori.)
Avaloros, Sarpi and Paquita.
Avaloros
Is the queen of our lives really ill?
Paquita
She is melancholy.
Avaloros
Is thought, then, a malady?
Paquita
Yes, and you therefore can be sure of good health.
Sarpi Say to my dear cousin that Senor Avaloros and I are awaiting her good pleasure.