Scene IV.—An apartment in Don Felix’s House.

Donna Anna and Elvira.

Elv. Well, have you finisht writing?

Anna. I have written,

Not finisht writing. That could never be;

Each sentence, yea, each letter, as I write it,

Suggesting others still. I had hoped, Elvira,

To sum my story up in a few words;

Took pen and paper, both at the wrong end:—

Tried to begin, my mind so full I knew not