Molière with some slight alteration in the _Misanthrope_, Act iv., Scene
3, (see vol. II.)]

EL. As for me, I think that a little mistrust on such an occasion should
not offend us; and that it is dangerous, Madam, for a lover to be
absolutely persuaded that he is beloved. If...

ELV. Let us argue no more. Every person thinks differently. I am
offended by such suspicions; and, in spite of myself, I am conscious of
something which forebodes an open quarrel between the Prince and me, and
which, notwithstanding his great qualities.... But Heavens! Don Silvio
of Castile in this place!




SCENE II.--DONNA ELVIRA, DON ALPHONSO, _under the name of Don Silvio_,
ELIZA.


ELV. Ah! my Lord, what chance has brought you here?

ALPH. I know, Madam, that my arrival must surprise you. To enter quietly
this town, to which the access has become difficult through the orders
of a rival, and to have avoided being seen by the soldiers, is an event
you did not look for. But if, in coming here, I have surmounted some
obstacles, the desire of seeing you is able to effect much greater
miracles. My heart has felt but too severely the blows of merciless fate
which kept me away from you; to allay the pangs which nearly kill me, I
could not refuse myself some moments to behold in secret your