_Idali._ We repaired to the temple this morning to take your place, and not finding you there, we went and reported it to the High-Priestess, who immediately sent us to look for you in the garden. _Cora._ Did she give you no further orders? _Amazili._ Only when we found you, to send you to her. _Juan._ And should she ask where you met with Cora, what will you answer? _Idali._ That we found her talking with some Spaniards. _Juan._ Oh you must not mention us, sweet girls! for the High-Priestess will be angry at your staying so long, and forbid your meeting us again—and you would like, I hope, to come here sometimes, and amuse us with your conversation. _Diego._ (_To Amazili_) I have fallen so desperately in love with you, my little rogue, that I hope you will come and meet me again. _Amazili._ (_To Idali_) What do you say, Idali? _Idali._ I can’t tell. _Juan._ Say rather that Cora had fallen asleep behind one of the pillars in the temple, and in the dusk of morning you did not perceive her. _Diego._ Or that she was lying under the shade of the great palm-tree, in the court before the temple. _Amazili._ Oh charming! _Idali._ An excellent thought! _Cora._ Come, let us hasten back. _Idali._ It is indeed time; let us go. _Amazili._ Yes, let us go. (_Neither she nor Idali stir_) _Juan._ Go sweet maiden. _Diego._ Go you little rogue. _Idali._ Well, good morning—good morning. _Amazili._ Farewel—farewel. (_They return over the wall_) _Cora._ (_Embracing Alonzo_) Farewel, Alonzo! _Alonzo._ Farewel, my beloved—soon my wife. [_Exit Cora._ SCENE V.—_Re-enter ROLLA._ _Rolla._ Well, how have you managed them? _Diego._ Most completely—we have wound them round our fingers. _Juan._ Rolla knows their sex. _Rolla._ By report chiefly. _Diego._ I begin to like the adventure extremely—my little creature seemed disposed to be very loving. _Juan._ Yet the clouds, so pregnant with thunder, every moment gather thicker over our heads, and wear a more menacing aspect. _Alonzo._ (_Taking Rolla’s hand_) Brother!—dearest brother hasten to extricate us!