CASALONGA. Don't begin to worry so soon. With this money I shall have enough to be decent at least--at least for two months. You know me, señora. I am Florencio's most intimate friend, as I was Patricio's most intimate friend, which is to say one of the most intimate friends you ever had. CAROLINA. Yes, I remember. CASALONGA. But I have changed since that time. FLORENCIO. Not a bit of it! He is just the same. CASALONGA. Yes, the change is in you. You are the same, only you have improved. [_To Carolina._] I am amazed at the opulence of your beauty, which a fortunate marriage has greatly enhanced. Have you any children? CAROLINA. No.... CASALONGA. You are going to have some. FLORENCIO. Flatterer! CASALONGA. But I must leave before night: there is nothing for me to do here. FLORENCIO. No, you have attended to everything. I shall send it after you to the hotel. CASALONGA. Add a little while you are about it to cover expenses--by way of a finishing touch. FLORENCIO. Oh, very well! CASALONGA. That will be all. Señora, if I can be of service.... My good Zurita! Friend Florencio! Before I die I hope to see you again. FLORENCIO. Yes! Unless I die first. CASALONGA. I know how you feel. You take the worst end for yourself. FLORENCIO. Allow me that consolation. CASALONGA. God be with you, my friend. Adios! Rest in peace. How different are our fates! Life to you is sweet. You have everything--love, riches, satisfaction. While I--I laugh through my tears! [_Goes out._] CAROLINA. That cost you money. FLORENCIO. What else did you expect? I gave up to avoid a scandal upon your account. I could see that you were nervous. I would have fought if I could have had my way; I would have carried matters to the last extreme. Zurita will tell you so. CAROLINA. I always said that monument would cost us dear. FLORENCIO. Obviously! Two thousand pesetas now, besides the twenty-five thousand which I subscribed for the monument, to say nothing of my uniform as Chief of Staff which I had ordered for the unveiling. Then there are the banquets to the delegates.... ZURITA. Glory is always more expensive than it is worth. FLORENCIO. It is not safe to be famous even at second hand. CAROLINA. But you are not sorry? FLORENCIO. No, my Carolina, the glory of being your husband far outweighs in my eyes the disadvantages of being the husband of his widow. [_Curtain._] A SUNNY MORNING A COMEDY BY SERAFIN AND JOAQUIN ALVAREZ QUINTERO TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH BY LUCRETIA XAVIER FLOYD. Copyrighted, 1914, by Lucretia Xavier Floyd under the title of "A Morning of Sunshine." All rights reserved. CHARACTERS DOÑA LAURA. PETRA [_her maid_]. DON GONZALO. JUANITO [_his servant_]. TIME: _The Present_.