Ere with D'Ormea you set the world agape!
Here is a paper—will you overlook
What I propose reserving for my needs?
I get as far from you as possible:
Here 's what I reckon my expenditure.
Cha. [Reading.] A miserable fifty thousand crowns!
Vic. Oh, quite enough for country gentlemen!
Beside, the exchequer happens ... but find out
All that, yourself!
Cha. [Still reading.] "Count Tende"—what means this?