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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