SCENE THIRD
The same persons and Quinola.
Quinola I hang between two thieves. But these thieves are powdered over with virtue and tricked out with fine manners. And they would like to hang the rest of us!
Sarpi You rogue, while you are waiting for your master to propel the galleys by new methods, you ought to be rowing in them yourself.
Quinola The king, who justly appreciates my merits, well understands that he would lose too much by such an arrangement.
Sarpi
You shall be watched!
Quinola
That I can well believe, for I keep watch on myself.
Avaloros (to Sarpi)
You are rousing his suspicions, for he is an honest lad. (To Quinola)
Come my good fellow, have you any idea of what is meant by wealth?
Quinola
No, for I have seen it from too great a distance.
Avaloros
Say, such a sum as two thousand golden doubloons?