Paquita You have given me no answer for her. Quinola No, my pet, people don't think about two machines at the same time; tell your divine mistress that my master kisses her feet. I am a bachelor, sweet angel, and wish to make a happy end. (He kisses her.) Paquita (slapping him in the face) You fool! Quinola Oh, charming! (Exit Paquita.) SCENE NINETEENTH Fontanares, Quinola and Monipodio. Monipodio Come to the Golden Sun. I know the host; you will get credit there. Quinola The battle is beginning even earlier than I had expected. Fontanares Where shall I obtain money? Quinola We can't borrow it, but we can buy it. How much do you need? Fontanares Two thousand doubloons in gold. Quinola I have been trying to make an estimate of the treasury I intended to draw upon; it is not plump enough for that. Monipodio Well, now, I have found a purse. Quinola Forget nothing in your estimate; you will require, sir, iron, copper, steel, wood, all of which the merchants can supply. I have an idea! I will found the house of Quinola and Company; if they don't prosper you shall. Fontanares Ah! what would have become of me without you? Monipodio You would have been the prey of Avaloros. Fontanares To work, then! The inventor must prove the salvation of the lover. (Exeunt.) Curtain to the First Act. ACT II SCENE FIRST (A room in the palace of Senora Brancadori.) Avaloros, Sarpi and Paquita. Avaloros Is the queen of our lives really ill? Paquita She is melancholy. Avaloros Is thought, then, a malady? Paquita Yes, and you therefore can be sure of good health. Sarpi Say to my dear cousin that Senor Avaloros and I are awaiting her good pleasure. Avaloros Stay; here are two ducats if you will say that I am sometimes pensive-- Paquita I will say that your tastes are expensive. But I must go and induce the senora to dress herself. (Exit.) SCENE SECOND Avaloros and Sarpi. Sarpi Poor viceroy! He is the youngster. Avaloros While your little cousin is making a fool of him, you are displaying all the activity of a statesman and clearing the way for the king's conquest of French Navarre. If I had a daughter I would give her to you. Old Lothundiaz is no fool. Sarpi How fine it would be to be founder of a mighty house; to win a name in the history of the country; to be a second Cardinal Granville or Duke of Alva! Avaloros Yes! It would be a very fine thing. I also think of making a name. The emperor made the Fuggers princes of Babenhausen; the title cost them a million ducats in gold. For my part, I would like to be a nobleman at a cheaper rate. Sarpi You! How could you accomplish it? Avaloros This fellow Fontanares holds the future of commerce in his own hands. Sarpi And is it possible that you who cling so persistently to the actual have any faith in him?