Enter Geraldo.

Don A. Friend, where's your master?

Ger. I cannot tell, sir.

Don A. Where is his sister?

Ger. In truth, I know not, sir; we men-servants
Have little to do in the ladies' quarters. [Exit Geraldo.

Don A. This looks but oddly. Are you sure, Ernesto,
Y' have not misguided me to a wrong house?

Ern. If you are sure, sir, that we are awake,
Then I am certain this is the same house,
Wherein this afternoon I saw and spoke with
Don Henrique and your bride: by the same token,
There was a lady with her in a veil,
And this very room is the antechamber
To her apartment.

Don A. I should be finely serv'd if, after all
This negotiation and a tedious journey,
My pains and patience should be cast away
On some such wither'd sybil for a wife,
As her own brother is asham'd to show me.

Ern. You'll soon be freed from that fear, sir.

[Ernesto goes toward the door.