[Carolina reënters.]
Florencio. Ah! Carolina! Were you listening? You heard everything.
Carolina. Yes, and in spite of it I think he is fascinating.
Florencio. Since Carolina feels that way it simplifies the situation.
Zurita. Why not? She heard the compliments. The man is irresistible.
Florencio. Carolina, it comes simply to this: nobody attaches any importance to the matter. Only two or three copies have been sold.
Carolina. Yes, but one of them was to my sisters-in-law, which is the same as if they had sold forty thousand. They will tell everybody.
Florencio. They were doing it anyhow; there is no further cause for worry.
Carolina. At all events, I shall not attend the unveiling to-morrow, and you ought not to go either.
Florencio. But, wife!