GUIDO
Yes, to be sure! with my jewels.
GRACIOSA
And with you.
GUIDO There is again my gracious lady. Now, in reward for that, you shall feast your eyes.
GRACIOSA (All eagerness.) And what have you to-day?
GUIDO opens his pack. She bends above it with hands outstretched.
GUIDO (Taking out a necklace.) For one thing, pearls, black pearls, set with a clasp of emeralds. See! They will become you.
GRACIOSA (Taking them, pressing them to her cheek.) How cool! But I—poor child of a poor noble—I cannot afford such.
GUIDO Oh, I did not mean to offer them to you to-day. No, this string is intended for the Duke's favorite, Count Eglamore.
GRACIOSA (Stiffening.) Count Eglamore! These are for him?
GUIDO
For Count Eglamore.