Joana. (Sadly) Ah! you see!—I have slept again.
Zoraya. No, señorita, no!—It is I who made you sleep.
Joana. You can do that!
Zoraya. And can also cure you.
Joana. (Quickly) God has guided you!
Zoraya. Be assured, your malady will not trouble you tonight. (Signs of joy from Joana. Zoraya continues.) All service, of course, is worthy of reward. Therefore, I put a price on your healing.
Joana. Ah! I promise to pay in advance.
Zoraya. You are going to the convent of Mercy?
Joana. Yes, to ask for the blessing of the Holy Abbess.
Zoraya. There is in that convent a Christian maid, who, for having loved Kalem, is confined in a dungeon where she never sees daylight, where she awaits death to deliver her, if she has not yet answered its call.