Paquita and Faustine.


Paquita
Madame is right; two men are on sentry under her balcony and are going
away on seeing the day dawn.

Faustine
The old viceroy will end by disgracing me! He suspects me, even at my
own house, while I am within sight and hearing of him.

(Exit Paquita.)


SCENE FOURTH

Faustine and Don Fregose.


Don Fregose
Madame, you run the risk of catching cold; it is too chilly here.

Faustine
Come here, my lord. You tell me, that you have faith in me; but you
put Monipodio to watch under my windows. Your behavior is not to be
excused like the excessive prudence of a young man, and necessarily
exasperates an honest woman. There are two kinds of jealousy: the
first makes a man distrust his mistress; the second leads him to lose
faith in himself. Confine yourself, if you please, to the second.