Countess--The bold fellow, whoever he is, will have to come here, then; for I don't intend to leave my room to-day.

[Something falls heavily in the dressing-room where Cherubino is.]

Count--Ah, Madame, something dropped just then!

Countess--I didn't hear anything.

Count--You must be very absent-minded, then. Somebody is in that room!

Countess--Who do you think could be there?

Count--Madame, that is what I'm asking you. I have just come in.

Countess--Probably it's Susanna wandering about.

Count [pointing]--But you just told me that she went that way.

Countess--This way or that--I don't know which.