Don Alph. Perhaps, by trusting this fellow, I may make my escape.
[Aside.
Spado. I'll convince him I know his secrets, and then I hold his purse-strings.
Don Alph. You won't betray me?
Spado. Honour among thieves.
Don Alph. Then you must know, when your gang attacked me yesterday evening—
Spado. You were posting full gallop to Don Scipio's castle, on the confines of the forest here.
Don Alph. Hey! then perhaps you know my passion for—
Spado. Donna Victoria, his daughter.