The Grand Inquisitor We have taken such measures that obedience may be rendered both to the Holy Office and to the king. You have only to do as you are bidden. (To Lothundiaz) Count Lothundiaz, as the first municipal officer of Barcelona, you must offer to Don Ramon, in the name of the city, a crown of gold in honor of his discovery, whose result will secure to Spain the domination of the sea. Lothundiaz (in astonishment) To Don Ramon! The Grand Inquisitor and Don Fregose To Don Ramon. Don Fregose You must address a eulogy to him. Lothundiaz But-- The Grand Inquisitor It is the wish of the Holy Office that you do so. Lothundiaz (kneeling) Pardon! Don Fregose What is that the people are calling out? (A cry is heard, "Long live Don Ramon!") Lothundiaz Long live Don Ramon! Yes, indeed, and so much the better, for I shall be avenged for the wrong which I have done to myself. SCENE SECOND The same persons, Don Ramon, Mathieu Magis, the landlord of the Golden Sun, Coppolus, Carpano, Esteban, Girone, and all the people. (All form a semicircle, in the centre of which is Don Ramon.) The Grand Inquisitor In the name of the king of Spain, Castile and the Indies, I must express to you, Don Ramon, the congratulations of all upon the success of your mighty genius. (He leads him to the arm-chair.) Don Ramon After all, he is but the hand, I am the head. The original idea is superior to the work of realizing it. (To the crowd) In such a moment as this, modesty would be an insult to the honors which I have attained through midnight vigils, and a man should openly show himself proud of his achievement. Lothundiaz In the name of the city of Barcelona, Don Ramon, I have the honor to offer you this crown, due to your perseverance, as the author of an invention which will give you immortality. SCENE THIRD The same persons and Fontanares (his garments soiled with the work of his experiment). Don Ramon I accept these honors, on condition that they be shared by the courageous artisan who has so well assisted me in my enterprise. Faustine What modesty! Fontanares Is this meant for a joke? All Long live Don Ramon! Coppolus In the name of the merchants of Catalonia, Don Ramon, we have come to beg your acceptance of this silver crown, a token of their gratitude for a discovery which is likely to prove a new source of prosperity to them. All Long live Don Ramon! Don Ramon It is with the keenest pleasure that I see that commerce recognizes the future developments of steam navigation. Fontanares Let my laborers come forth! You, the children of the people, whose hands have completed my work, bear witness for me! It was from me only that you received the models. Say now, whether it was Don Ramon or I who originated the new power which the sea has felt to-day? Esteban By my faith, you would have been in a pretty fix without Don Ramon!