Don Gonzalo. You will excuse me if I read aloud?
Doña Laura. Read as you please; you will not disturb me.
Don Gonzalo [reading]. "All love is sad, but sad and all, it is the best thing that exists." That is from Campoamor.
Doña Laura. Ah!
Don Gonzalo [reading]. "The daughters of the mothers I once loved, kiss me now as they would kiss a wooden image." Those lines are in the humorous vein.
Doña Laura [laughing]. So I see.
Don Gonzalo. There are some beautiful poems in this book. Listen: "Twenty years have passed. He returns."
Doña Laura. You cannot imagine how it affects me to see you reading with all those glasses.
Don Gonzalo. Can it be possible that you read without requiring any?
Doña Laura. Certainly.