LICIDAS: Ah! Do you want me to teach you the reply? That would be charming. You will say to me the word of reclama.
RODOLPHE: The word of reclama! What the devil sort of statement is that? Isn't it rather the pass word you mean? Every day, I say it to the patrol.— Who's this little girl who's coming towards us? She's dressed funny, but she's pretty. On my oath, she's pretty!
LICIDAS: It's the charming daughter of Signora Fantastici, Miss Zepherina. They will have pity on my captivity.
ZEPHERINA: (entering)
Hello, Licidas.
LICIDAS:
Hello, Zepherina. Where is Signora Fantastici?
ZEPHERINA: She's going to come. She's staying in the street to purchase some helmets and some armor in a shop.
RODOLPHE:
Helmets and armor! And what's she intend to do with 'em?
ZEPHERINA:
The first play that we will perform will be entirely military.
RODOLPHE:
Entirely military! My pretty child; and how will you set about it?
ZEPHERINA: Licidas will be a cavalry man. And you? Why wouldn't you make a second?