The cause to which my poor retirement owes

This honour.

Ped. Yet a thankless cause, Don Luis.

These many days I have heard nothing of

Don Juan and my daughter; they neither write

Themselves, nor any one to whom I write

To ask about them answers to the purpose.

What may this mean? I have come hither thinking

That you, who are the model of all friends,

May deal more clearly with me. You may think