Don P. [Starting.] Ha! Don Julio's, say'st thou?— [He pauses.
But, now I think on't, 'tis no marvel, Fulvio,
Since newly come to town; for I remember
Don Julio told me, that Don Zancho and he
Had always liv'd in friendly correspondence.
Fulv. Visits, sir, only of fair civility,
After long absence, are not usually
Begun by twilight in such cautious manner;
Nor usher'd in by female veil'd conductors.
But pray, sir, hear the rest.
Don P. What can this be? [Aside.] Say on then quickly.
[To Fulvio.
Fulv. I presently concluded with myself
That, since Don Julio was the friend on whose
Assistance you relied against Don Zancho,
You ne'er would think, sir, of attacking him,
As he came out from thence: I judg'd it, therefore,
My wisest course to stay, and mark the issue.
And stay I did, till it was after midnight;
About which time, walking from side to side,
That I might see both issues of the house,
It being as light almost as day, I saw
The gallant and his man leap from the wall
Of Julio's garden, and from thence in haste
Make home.
Don P. 'Sdeath, man, thou dream'st! Don Zancho from Don Julio's
In that manner? Awake, fool, and speak sense.
Fulv. I say but what I saw, as I see you.
Don P. O, the devil! what, the same villain
Found the affronter of my friend too here
In the same kind! Give me my cloak and sword,
I must know the bottom of this. [Exeunt.
Enter Blanca and Francisca, as in her antechamber.
Blan. I come from seeing and caressing Silvia;
But with most strange surprise at her comportment
Towards me.