Oh! I tremble for fear.
MASC. There is no doubt that he will do all he can; and if he has money,
he can do all he will. For my part I am delighted. This is a just reward
for your blunders, your impatience.
LEL. What must I do? Advise me.
MASC. I don't know.
LEL. Stay, I will go and pick a quarrel with him.
MASC. What good will that do?
LEL. What would you have me do to ward off this blow?
MASC. Well, I pardon you; I will yet cast an eye of pity on you. Leave
me to watch them; I believe I shall discover what he intends to do by
fairer means. (_Exit Lelio_).
TRUF. (_To Leander_). When you send by and by, it shall be done.
MASC. (_Aside and going out_). I must trap him and become his
confidant, in order to baffle his designs the more easily.
LEAND. (_Alone_). Thanks to Heaven, my happiness is complete. I
have found the way to secure it, and fear nothing more. Whatever my
rival may henceforth attempt, it is no longer in his power to do me any
harm.
SCENE IX.--LEANDER, MASCARILLE.
MASC. (_Speaking these words within, and then coming on the
stage_). Oh! oh! Help! Murder! Help! They are killing me! Oh! oh! oh!
oh! Traitor! Barbarian!
LEAND. Whence comes that noise? What is the matter? What are they doing
to you?
MASC.
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