1st Lady
No, why should she be? What has happened?
[They all crowd around him.]
A Lady
The air seems sizzling with lightning. Tell us, has the Queen done her some rudeness again? We were just saying how charming she was and thinking of how to express our admiration to her on her arrival.
Phedro
Don't disturb your vocabulary for the sake of the Duchess.
Ladies and Courtiers [in one voice]
Why, what has happened?
Phedro