Enrique. Yes!
Zoraya. They have pursued you?
Enrique. (Removing his mantle) No!
Zoraya. And on the road, did you see no one?
Enrique. Not one person! (He places on the stool his mantle, his hat and his sword.) I did not come by way of the bridge, but by the path up the hillside after crossing the river in a boat.
Zoraya. (Seated on the cushions) In daylight! What imprudence! And instead of coming last night when I waited so anxiously for you!
Enrique. I, too, have had occasion to think of that!—When I left you at dawn the day before yesterday I saw standing at the end of the bridge a man whom I knew had no ordinary reason for being there at that hour. I passed him quickly, covering myself closely with my cloak. He followed me, but I reached my residence after throwing him off my trail in an alley.
Zoraya. He followed you?—You are certain?
Enrique. Absolutely certain. It was to baffle him that I forced myself to remain away from you last night and the night before and that I crossed the river in a boat, below the Mirador.
Zoraya. Yes! (Rising) Oh! it is clear now! It is well for you that they watched only at night.