Faustine
Very good.
Avaloros
We shall be friends?
Faustine
Your monopoly of the wheat trade is perfectly legal.
Avaloros
Ah! senora.
Quinola (aside)
That is what is called doing business.
Avaloros
Senora, you are a noble creature, and I am—
Quinola (aside)
A regular swindler.
Faustine (offering the check to Quinola)
Here, Quinola, this is for the expenses of your master's machine.
Avaloros (to Faustine) Don't give it to him, senora, he may keep it for himself, and for other reasons you should be prudent; you should wait—
Quinola (aside)
I pass from the torrid to the arctic zone; what a gamble is life!