_Mel._ When I have dispatched some private business, I shall not fail to trouble you; till then, humbly kisses your hands the most obliged of your servants. [_Exit_ MELCHOR. _Alon._ Daughter, now this cavalier is gone, what occasion brought you out so late?--I know what you would say, that it is melancholy; a tincture of the hypochondria you mean: But, what cause have you for this melancholy? Give me your hand, and answer me without ambages, or ambiguities. _Theo._ He will find out I have given away my ring--I must prevent him--Sir, I am ashamed to confess it to you; but, in hope of your indulgence, I have lost the table diamond you gave me. _Alon._ You would say, The fear of my displeasure has caused the perturbation in you; well, do not disquiet yourself too much; you say 'tis gone, I say so too. 'Tis stolen; and that by some thief, I take it: But, I will go and consult the astrologer immediately. [_He is going._ _Theo._ What have I done? To avoid one inconvenience, I have run into another: This devil of an astrologer will discover that Don Melchor has it. [_Aside._ _Alon._ When did you lose this diamond? The minute and second I should know; but the hour will serve for the degree ascending. _Theo._ Sir, the precise time I know not; but it was betwixt six and seven in the evening, as near as I can guess. _Alon._ 'Tis enough; by all the stars, I'll have it for you: Therefore, go in, and suppose it on your finger. _Beat._ I'll watch you at a distance, sir, that my Englishman may have wherewithal to answer you. [_Aside. Exeunt_ THEO. BEAT. _Alon._ This melancholy, wherewith my daughter laboureth, is--a--I know what I would say, is a certain species of the hysterical disease; or a certain motion, caused by a certain appetite, which, at a certain time, heaveth in her, like a certain motion of an earthquake-- _Enter_ BELLAMY. _Bel._ This is the place, and very near the time that Theodosia appoints her meeting with Don Melchor. He is this night otherwise disposed of with Aurelia: 'Tis but trying my fortune, to tell her of his infidelity, and my love. If she yields, she makes me happy; if not, I shall be sure Don Melchor has not planted the arms of Spain in the fort before me. However, I'll push my fortune, as sure as I am an Englishman. _Alon._ Sennor Inglis, I know your voice, though I cannot perfectly discern you. _Bel._ How the devil came he to cross me? _Alon._ I was just coming to have asked another favour of you. _Bel._ Without ceremony, command me, sir. _Alon._ My daughter Theodosia has lost a fair diamond from her finger, the time betwixt six and seven this evening; now, I desire you, sir, to erect a scheme for it, and if it be lost, or stolen, to restore it to me. This is all, sir.