The two others, in respect to this charming girl, dare not proceed; but they give her to understand that the coquette has been so base as to return the flowers to the one, and the fruit to the other, that she might get the ribbons from the gardener whom she is protecting from their just resentment. At this the offended fair one expresses to her lover her indignation, but does not the less for that make the others sensible that she will not suffer them to hurt him. She snatches next, from the coquette, the ribbons. The whole company round testify their approbation of what she has done, even the two gardeners, who were, the moment before, so angry, burst out a-laughing for joy, to see the coquette so well punished, being now left without flowers, fruit, or ribbons; at which she withdraws, overwhelmed with confusion, and with the loud laugh and rallying gestures of her companions and the other gardeners. The gay gardener, vexed at having been surprised by his mistress, in an act of gallantry to another woman, wants to pass it off to her as merely a scheme to amuse himself, and to laugh at the coquette. At first she will not hear him; she treads the ribbons under her feet, and is going away in a passion. He stops her, and entreats her forgiveness with an air so moving and penetrated, that, little by little, she is disarmed of her anger, and pardons him, in sign of which she gives him her hand. There is no need of specifying here what the dance in action, accompanied by the music, should express in this _pas-de-deux_; it is too obvious. The gardeners, men and women, testify their rejoicing at this reconciliation, and the dance becomes general. _FINIS._ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SPELLING NOTES: The word "Salii" was consistently printed as Salü (u with umlaut); it has been corrected for the e-text. The word "Præsul" was printed in italics and may have read "Proesul" (oe for ae ligature); it is here given the standard spelling. A number of words usually spelled with "y" are written with "i" in this text: nimph, mith, simbol; and names such as Pilades, Hilas. The form "Hetruscans" is used consistently. Some Variations and Anomalies: "character" is sometimes spelled "charracter" or "caracter" "direct" and "dirrect" both occur "withall" is more common than "withal" "embarras" is consistently spelled with one "s" "exagerate" is almost always spelled with one "g" "choregraphy" is always written without the second "o" "gestual" is not an error for "gestural" but a different word ERRORS, noted or corrected: _All duplications occur across a line break ("of / of ...")._