MAN. Pedro! It is ages since we have heard from you. Mariana has been in much sorrow about it.
PED. I hope then to give her added joy on her wedding day.
MAN. Her wedding day?
PED. The earliest time fixed by her father for her marriage is at hand. I assume your eagerness to profit by it.
MAN. You assume hers too?
PED. Why not?
MAN. For the most potent of all reasons. She does not love me.
PED. She says so. Women are fond of entreaty.
MAN. I have entreated.