me. They told him that that other man was richer than I by four or
five thousand crowns, and four or five thousand crowns are a good
round sum, and are enough to make a gentleman break his word; but
that you should forget in a moment all the love I had for you, suffer
yourself to fall madly in love with the first new-comer, and
shamefully follow him; without the consent of your father, after all
the crimes that were charged upon him! It is what all the world will
condemn, and what my heart can never cease to reproach you with.

JUL. Well, yes; I fell in love with him, and I wanted to follow him,
since my father had chosen him to be my husband. Whatever you may
say, he is a very honest man, and all the crimes they accuse him of
are so many detestable falsehoods.

ORO. Be silent; you are an impertinent hussy, and I know better than
you.

JUL. They are some tricks they have played him, and (_showing_
ERASTE) it is he himself, no doubt, who managed it all, to disgust
you with him.

ERA. What! I should be capable of such a thing?

JUL. Yes, you.

ORO. Be silent, I tell you. You are a silly girl.

ERA. You need not think that I have any wish to prevent the match,
and that it is because I love you that I hastened to rescue you. I
have already told you that it is only because of the regard I have