Vic. The muleteer has come.

Hyp. So soon?

Vic. I found him

Sitting at supper by the tavern door,

And from a pitcher, that he held aloft

His whole arm’s length, drinking the blood-red wine.

Hyp. What news from court?

Vic. He brought this letter only. (Reads.)

O cursed perfidy! Why did I let

That lying tongue deceive me! Preciosa,