Fregose
Ah! senora—
Faustine
Could you take it back again?
Fregose
Whether obedient or disobedient, I cannot displease you. Good heavens!
Take back the ship! Why, it is crowded with artisans who are its
masters.
Faustine
You never know what I want, and what I do not want.
Fregose
His death?
Faustine
No, but his disgrace.
Fregose
And in that I shall avenge myself for a whole month of anguish.
Faustine
Take care to keep your hands off what is my prey. And first of all,
Don Fregose, take back your pictures from my gallery. (Don Fregose
shows astonishment). It is my will.
Fregose
You refuse then to be marchioness of—
Faustine They shall be burned upon the public square or sold, and the price given to the poor.