_Fourth entry of the_ BALLET.
(_Two_ SOLDIERS _separate the combatants, and dance with
them_.)




SCENE III.--JULIA, ERASTE, NERINE.

JUL. Oh dear, Eraste! take care that we are not discovered. I am so
afraid of being seen with you; all would be lost after the command I
have received to the contrary.

ERA. I see nobody about.

JUL. (_to_ NERINE). Just keep watch, Nerine, and be careful that
nobody comes.

NER. (_going to the farther end of the stage_). Trust me for
that: and say all you have to say to each other.

JUL. Have you thought of anything to favour our plan, Eraste? And do
you think that we shall succeed in breaking off that marriage which
my father has taken into his head?

ERA. We are at least doing all we can for it, and we have ready many
schemes to bring such an absurd notion to naught.

NER. (_running towards_ JULIA). I say, here is your father.