Pepito. In a house, then?

Ernest. So I proposed.

Pepito. Where?

Ernest. Upstairs. [Speaks with cold indifference.] There's a room unlet upstairs, with a side window, through which nobody can look. Under the circumstances it's better than a field, and will be had for a handful of silver.

Pepito. And now all you need——

Ernest. The swords!

Pepito. I hear voices outside. Somebody is coming—the seconds?

Ernest. May be.

Pepito. It sounds like a woman's voice. [Approaches the door.]

Ernest. [Approaching also.] But who's keeping them?