Cristobol. It was a beautiful ceremony, Señora.
Rioubos. His Eminence Cardinal Ximénès himself pronounced the nuptial blessing.
Doña Syrena. Naturally! Doña Joana is his god-daughter.
Doña Rufina. The city seems to me very gay.
Doña Fabia. Compared with it ordinarily.
Ramiro. Yes, all day they have had on the Plaza del Zocodover entertainments by jugglers, buffoons, dancers and monstrous African monkeys!
Don Ambrosio. (An old cavalier sitting in an arm-chair) Yes, at this moment there is singing and dancing in all the public places.
Doña Syrena. Among us, this marriage was a long time postponed.
Doña Fabia. Yes—they were betrothed five years.
Ramiro. Pardon me, Señoras. When Don Enrique’s father—the Lord Palacios—felt that he could not live much longer he decided to select a wife for his son’s future marriage. He and the Governor made an arrangement whereby Don Enrique and Doña Joana were affianced. As Doña Joana was then only ten years old, her father made her go to the convent to grow up!