Doña Syrena. (A little confused by her blunder) You see!—Yes!—The circumstances are very different.
The same sounds of laughter.
Ramiro. Ah! see, I beg of you, Señora—see the difference!
Doña Syrena. What!—If the intrigue has results, is it not so?
All. Yes!
Ramiro. A child!
Doña Syrena. In the first case, the mother being Moorish the child is a little Mussulman—in the second case, where the mother is Spanish, it is a little Christian!—Dear angel!—And there are never too many of those!
All. (Laughing in approval) Oh! very good! Very ingenious! Charming!
Three trumpet calls are sounded in the banquet room.
Doña Rufina. The banquet is ended. (She rises.)