GUIDO
Few courtiers have expressed dislike of him in my presence.
GRACIOSA
Do you like him? Does he too buy lavishly?
GUIDO
Eh, madonna! some day, when you have seen his jewels—
GRACIOSA
Oh! I shall see them when I go to court?
GUIDO Yes, he will show them to you, I think, without fail, for the Duke loves beauty in all its forms. So he will take pleasure in confronting the brightness of your eyes with the brightness of the four kinds of sapphires, of the twelve kinds of rubies, and of many extraordinary pearls—
GRACIOSA (With eyes shining, and lips parted.) Oh!
GUIDO And you will see his famous emerald necklace, and all his diamonds, and his huge turquoises, which will make you ashamed of your poor talisman—
GRACIOSA
He will show all these jewels to me!
GUIDO (Looking at her, and still smiling thoughtfully.) He will show you the very finest of his gems, assuredly. And then, worse still, he will be making verses in your honor.
GRACIOSA
It would be droll to have a great duke making songs about me!