SBRI. Ah, Sir! This wretch of a Limousin has run away with your
daughter!

ORO. Run away with my daughter!

SERI. Yes; she became so infatuated with him that she has left you to
follow him. It is said that he has a charm to make all women fall in
love with him.

ORO. Quick! Justice! Let the police be set after them!




SCENE IX.--ORONTE, ERASTE, JULIA, SBRIGANI.

ERA. (_to_ JULIA). Come along; you shall come in spite of
yourself. I will put you in your father's hands. Sir, here is your
daughter, whom I had to take by force from the man with whom she was
running away; it is not for her sake that I did it, but entirely for
yours. For, after such conduct, I ought to despise her, and it is
enough to cure me altogether of my love.

ORO. Ah! infamous girl that you are!

ERA. (_to_ JULIA). How could you treat me in that way, after all
the proofs of affection I have given you? I do not blame you for
being obedient to your father's will; he is wise and judicious in all
he does; and I do not complain of him for having preferred another to