BELLA. Oh, I am glad that the suitor has come because otherwise I would never have been easy in my mind. I would always have been expecting trouble.
DOM. Bella,—
BELLA. Lizbette said there would be an obstacle more serious than all the others—even than the shipwreck.
DOM. Lizbette be—
BELLA. Dominique!
DOM. But I protest—
BELLA. Now listen. Didn’t you yourself tell me about Lizbette’s wonderful prediction long ago?
DOM. A coincidence.
BELLA. (reprovingly.) Ah!
DOM. And I furthermore declare that I never was shipwrecked.