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  Vict。  Good night� �good night�  �Thou art my guardian angel��

I have no other saint than thou to pray to��



��He descends by the balcony。��



  Prec。  Take care�察�and do not hurt thee。  Art thou safe��



  Vict。  ��from the garden��。

Safe as my love for thee�  �But art thou safe��

Others can climb a balcony by moonlight

As well as I。  Pray shut thy window close��

I am jealous of the perfumed air of night

That from this garden climbs to kiss thy lips。



  Prec。  ��throwing down her handkerchief��。

Thou silly child�  �Take this to blind thine eyes。

It is my benison��



  Vict。      And brings to me

Sweet fragrance from thy lips�察�as the soft wind

Wafts to the out´bound mariner the breath

Of the beloved land he leaves behind。



  Prec。  Make not thy voyage long。



  Vict。        To´morrow night

Shall see me safe returned。  Thou art the star

To guide me to an anchorage。  Good night��

My beauteous star�  �My star of love�察�good night��



  Prec。 Good night��



  Watchman ��at a distance��。  Ave Maria Purissima��







Scene IV。  An inn on the road to Alcala。

BALTASAR asleep on a bench。  Enter CHISPA。



  Chispa。  And here we are�察�halfway to Alcala�察�between cocks and

midnight。  Body o' me� �what an inn this is�  �The lights out�察�and

the  landlord asleep。  Hola� �ancient Baltasar��



  Bal。 ��waking��。  Here I am。



  Chispa。  Yes�察�there you are�察�like a one´eyed Alcalde in a town

without inhabitants。  Bring a light�察�and let me have supper。



  Bal。  Where is your master��



  Chispo。  Do not trouble yourself about him。  We have stopped a

moment to breathe our horses�察�and�察�if he chooses to walk up and

down in the open air�察�looking into the sky as one who hears it

rain�察�that does not satisfy my hunger�察�you know。  But be quick��

for I am in a hurry�察�and every man stretches his legs according

to the length of his coverlet。  What have we here��



  Bal。 ��setting a light on the table��。  Stewed rabbit。



  Chispa ��eating��。  Conscience of Portalegre� �Stewed kitten�察�you

mean��



  Bal。  And a pitcher of Pedro Ximenes�察�with a roasted pear in

it。



  Chispa ��drinking��。  Ancient Baltasar�察�amigo�  �You know how to

cry wine and sell vinegar。  I tell you this is nothing but Vino

Tinto of La Mancha�察�with a tang of the swine´skin。



  Bal。  I swear to you by Saint Simon and Judas�察�it is all as I

say。



  Chispa。  And I swear to you by Saint Peter and Saint Paul�察�that

it is no such thing。  Moreover�察�your supper is like the hidalgo's

dinner�察�very little meat and a great deal of tablecloth。



  Bal。  Ha� �ha� �ha��



  Chispa。 And more noise than nuts。



  Bal。  Ha� �ha� �ha�  �You must have your joke�察�Master Chispa。  But



shall I not ask Don Victorian in�察�to take a draught of the Pedro

Ximenes��



  Chispa。  No�察�you might as well say�察 �Don't´you´want´some�拭─�to a

dead man。



  Bal。  Why does he go so often to Madrid��



  Chispa。  For the same reason that he eats no supper。  He is in

love。  Were you ever in love�察�Baltasar��



  Bal。  I was never out of it�察�good Chispa。  It has been the

torment of my life。



  Chispa。  What� �are you on fire�察�too�察�old hay´stack�拭 �Why�察�we

shall never be able to put you out。



  Vict。 ��without��。  Chispa��



  Chispa。  Go to bed�察�Pero Grullo�察�for the cocks are crowing。



  Vict。  Ea� �Chispa� �Chispa��



  Chispa。  Ea� �Senor。  Come with me�察�ancient Baltasar�察�and bring

water for the horses。  I will pay for the supper tomorrow。

           ��Exeunt。







SCENE V。  VICTORIAN'S chambers at  Alcala。  HYPOLITO asleep in


an arm´chair。  He awakes slowly。



  Hyp。  I must have been asleep� �ay�察�sound asleep��

And it was all a dream。  O sleep�察�sweet sleep

Whatever form thou takest�察�thou art fair��

Holding unto our lips thy goblet filled

Out of Oblivion's well�察�a healing draught��

The candles have burned low�察�it must be late。

Where can Victorian be�拭 �Like Fray Carrillo��

The only place in which one cannot find him

Is his own cell。  Here's his guitar�察�that seldom

Feels the caresses of its master's hand。

Open thy silent lips�察�sweet instrument��

And make dull midnight merry with a song。



 ��He plays and sings。��



Padre Francisco��

Padre Francisco��

What do you want of Padre Francisco��

Here is a pretty young maiden

Who wants to confess her sins��

Open the door and let her come in��

I will shrive her from every sin。



��Enter VICTORIAN。��



  Vict。  Padre Hypolito�  �Padre Hypolito��



  Hyp。  What do you want of Padre Hypolito��



  Vict。  Come�察�shrive me straight�察�for�察�if love be a sin��

I am the greatest sinner that doth live。

I will confess the sweetest of all crimes��

A maiden wooed and won。



  Hyp。        The same old tale

Of the old woman in the chimney´corner��

Who�察�while the pot boils�察�says�察 �Come here�察�my child��

I'll tell thee a story of my wedding´day。;



  Vict。  Nay�察�listen�察�for my heart is full�察�so full

That I must speak。



  Hyp。    Alas� �that heart of thine

Is like a scene in the old play�察�the curtain

Rises to solemn music�察�and lo� �enter

The eleven thousand virgins of Cologne��



  Vict。  Nay�察�like the Sibyl's volumes�察�thou shouldst say��

Those that remained�察�after the six were burned��

Being held more precious than the nine together。

But listen to my tale。  Dost thou remember

The Gypsy girl we saw at Cordova

Dance the Romalis in the market´place��



  Hyp。  Thou meanest Preciosa。



  Vict。          Ay�察�the same。

Thou knowest how her image haunted me

Long after we returned to Alcala。

She's in Madrid。



  Hyp。      I know it。



  Vict。         And I'm in love。



  Hyp。  And therefore in Madrid when thou shouldst be

In Alcala。



  Vict。  O pardon me�察�my friend��

If I so long have kept this secret from thee��

But silence is the charm that guards such treasures��

And�察�if a word be spoken ere the time��

They sink again�察�they were not meant for us。



  Hyp。  Alas� �alas�  �I see thou art in love。

Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak。

It serves for food and raiment。  Give a Spaniard

His mass�察�his olla�察�and his Dona Luisa

Thou knowest the proverb。  But pray tell me�察�lover��

How speeds thy wooing�拭 �Is the maiden coy��

Write her a song�察�beginning with an Ave��

Sing as the monk sang to the Virgin Mary��



     Ave� �cujus calcem clare

     Nec centenni commendare

        Sciret Seraph studio��



  Vict。  Pray�察�do not jest�  �This is no time for it��

I am in earnest��



  Hyp。         Seriously enamored��

What�察�ho�  �The Primus of great Alcala

Enamored of a Gypsy�拭 �Tell me frankly��

How meanest thou��



  Vict。       I mean it honestly。



  Hyp。  Surely thou wilt not marry her��



  Vict。             Why not��



  Hyp。  She was betrothed to one Bartolome��

If I remember rightly�察�a young Gypsy

Who danced with her at Cordova。



  Vict。      They quarrelled��

And so the matter ended。



  Hyp。            But in truth

Thou wilt not marry her。



  Vict。         In truth I will。

The angels sang in heaven when she was born��

She is a precious jewel I have found

Among the filth and rubbish of the world。

I'll stoop for it�察�but when I wear it here��

Set on my forehead like the morning star��

The world may wonder�察�but it will not laugh。



  Hyp。  If thou wear'st nothing else upon thy forehead��

'T will be indeed a wonder。



  Vict。          Out upon thee

With thy unseasonable jests�  �Pray tell me��

Is there no virtue in the world��



  Hyp。            Not much。

What�察�think'st thou�察�is she doing at this moment��

Now�察�while we speak of her��



  Vict。         She lies asleep��

And from her parted lips her gentle breath

Comes like the fragrance from the lips of flowers。

Her tender limbs are still�察�and on her breast

The cross she prayed to�察�ere she fell asleep��

Rises and falls with the soft tide of dreams��

Like a light barge safe moored。



  Hyp。     Which means�察�in prose��

She's sleeping with her mouth a little open��



  Vict。  O�察�would I had the old magician's glass

To see her as she lies in childlike sleep��



  Hyp。  And wouldst thou venture��



  Vict。      Ay�察�indeed I would��



  Hyp。  Thou art courageous。  Hast thou e'er reflected

How much lies hidden in that one word�察�NOW��



  Vict。  Yes�察�all the awful mystery of Life��

I oft have thought�察�my dear Hypolito��

That could we�察�by some spell of magic�察�change

The world and its inhabitants to stone��

In the same attitudes they now are in��

What fearful glances downward might we cast

Into the hollow chasms of human life��

What groups should we behold about the death´bed��

Putting to shame the group of Niobe��

What joyful welcomes�察�and what sad farewells��

What stony tears in those congealed eyes��

What visible joy or anguish in those cheeks��

What bridal pomps�察�and what funereal shows��

What foes�察�like gladiators�察�fierce and struggling��

What lovers with their marble lips together��



  Hyp。  Ay�察�there it is� �and�察�if I were in love��

That is the very point I most should dread。

This magic glass�察�these magic spells of thine��

Might tell a tale were better left untold。

For instance�察�they might show us thy fair cousin��

The Lady Violante�察�bathed in tears

Of love and anger�察�like the maid of Colchis��

Whom thou�察�another faithless Argonaut��

Having won that golden fleece�察�a woman's love��

Desertest for this Glauce。



  Vict。          Hold thy peace��

She cares not for me。  She may wed another��

Or go into a convent�察�and�察�thus dying��

Marry Achilles in the Elysian Fields。



 Hyp。 ��rising��。  And so�察�good night�  �Good morning�察�I should say。



��Clock strikes three。��



Hark� �how the loud and ponderous mace of Time

Knocks at the golden portals of the day��

And so�察�once more�察�good night�  �We'll speak more largely

Of Preciosa when we meet again。

Get thee to bed�察�and the magician�察�Sleep��

Shall show her to thee�察�in his mag

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