O I am dead! A lover in a closet,
An old hidalgo, and a gay Don Juan,
A Doña Inez with a black mantilla
Followed at twilight by an unknown lover,
Who looks intently where he knows she is not!
Don Carlos. Of course the Preciosa danced to-night?
Lara. And ne’er danced better. Every footstep fell
As lightly as a sunbeam on the water.
I think the girl extremely beautiful.
Don Carlos. Almost beyond the privilege of woman!