All that I ask is secrecy. In this letter
I have written the Countess from myself, as Duke,
Recommendation of myself, the bearer,
As one Ricardo, begging for the same
Protection in her court for some few days.
Present me as a stranger: had I been such
You could not have refused.
F.Trust me to serve you:
But give your letter to the major-domo:
He attends her in the grounds; when they come by