There’s a big lot of these rascals:
Some of them bespeak the water,
Others turn the sieve for people,
And through such tricks make a living!
Just like me, sinful man!...
SCENE 2. FILIMÓN AND THE FORMER
Miller (noticing him). Ah! I am getting a guest. I’ll earn a penny this day. (To Filimón.) Godspeed, young man!
Filimón. My respects, old man.
Miller. Whence come you, whither tend you?
Filimón. Not farther than my business takes me.