Gulielmo (suspiciously). I made another to take its place. There's some devilry in this. Maria, girl, what are you hiding from me?
Maria (confused). Oh, Gulielmo, I didn't want you to know.
[She takes a handful of letters from her lap and gives them shyly to him.
Gulielmo (sorting them). Two "O's," two "E's," two "L's——" What's all this?
Maria (overcome). Oh!
Gulielmo. "I Love Gulielmo."
(Ecstatically). Maria! You love me?
[She falls into his arms.
Scene III.
A whitebait stud farm at Greenwich. Polly is discovered outside one of the stables. Enter Alfred.