Consuelo
No.
He
I need it for my play. Strike!
Consuelo
[Laughs, and touches his cheek with her fingertips]: Here, then!
He
Didn't you understand that you are a queen, and I a fool who is in love with his queen? Don't you know, Consuelo, that every queen has a fool, and he is always in love with her, and they always beat him for it. He Who Gets Slapped.
Consuelo
No. I didn't know.