The Captain Ah! here is my cousin! (To the marchioness) Dear marchioness, you are still very much agitated. In the name of our common salvation, control yourself; you will attract attention.
The Marchioness
Has that man come back?
The Captain Now, how can a man of such base condition as he is throw you into such terror?
The Marchioness He holds my life in his hands; more than my life, indeed; for he holds in his power the life also of another, who, in spite of the most scrupulous precautions, cannot avoid exciting the jealousy—
The Captain Of the king!—Did he cause the assassination of the Duke of Olmedo, as is rumored?
The Marchioness Alas! I do not know what to think.—Here I am alone, helpless—and perhaps soon to be abandoned.
The Captain You may rely upon me—I shall constantly be in the midst of all our enemies like a hunter on the watch.
SCENE SIXTH
The same persons and Quinola.
Quinola
I have only thirty doubloons left, but I have had the worth of sixty.
—Ah! what a lovely scent! The marchioness can now talk to me without
fear.