SCENE III
Hannah Lynch translation
Ernest, Don Julian, and Teodora.
Teodora. [Outside.] Julian, Julian!
D. Julian. It's Teodora.
Teodora. Are you there, Julian?
D. Julian. [Going to the door.] Yes, I'm here. Come in.
Teodora. [Entering.] Good-evening, Ernest.
Ernest. Good-evening, Teodora. Was the singing good?
Teodora. As usual; and have you been working much?
Ernest. As usual; nothing.
Teodora. Then you'd have done better to come with us. They all asked after you.
Ernest. It seems that everybody is interested in me.
12D. Julian. I should think so, since everybody is to be the principal personage of your play. You may imagine if they are anxious to be on good terms with you.
Teodora. A play?
D. Julian. Hush! 'Tis a mystery. Ask no questions. Neither title, nor characters, nor action, nor catastrophe—the sublime! Good-night, Ernest. Come, Teodora.
Ernest. Adieu, Don Julian.
Teodora. Till to-morrow.
Ernest. Good-night.
Teodora. [To Don Julian.] How preoccupied Mercedes was!
D. Julian. And Severo was in a rage.
Teodora. Why, I wonder.
D. Julian. How do I know? On the other hand, Pepito chattered enough for both.
Teodora. He always does, and nobody escapes his tongue.
D. Julian. He's a character for Ernest's play.
[Exeunt Teodora, and Don Julian by right.]