Rodriguez—No.

Lagrimas—I can hear them plainly. The señor is a constant lover; she will yield to him soon.... What has stopped thine ears?

Rodriguez—The beating of my heart.

Lagrimas—A soldier's heart—(stops suddenly.)

Rodriguez—Hast thou lost something?

Lagrimas—It is no matter. I do not want it back.

(Looks fixedly at his coat until he fidgets.)

Rodriguez—Why dost thou stare? Is my coat—?

Lagrimas—What I lost, it has gone inside thy breast. I saw it.

Rodriguez—(Bewildered.) I—oh—what is it?