Category: Humour
ELVIRA. No, the hidden feelings of my heart were not regulated by choice: whatever the Prince may be, there is nothing in him to make me prefer his love. Don Silvio shows, as well as he, all the qualities of a renowned hero. The same noble virtues and the same high birth made...
GARC. Yes, yes, other words. You did not think that, the door being by accident left half open, I should discover the caitiff in your arms, and thus behold your shame, and my do...
1. SCENE I.--DONNA ELVIRA, ELIZA.ELVIRA. No, the hidden feelings of my heart were not regulated by choice: whatever the Prince may be, there is nothing in him to make me prefer his love. Don Silvio shows, as we...
12. SCENE II.--DONNA ELVIRA, DON ALPHONSO, _under the name of Don Silvio_,ALPH. I know, Madam, that my arrival must surprise you. To enter quietly this town, to which the access has become difficult through the orders of a rival, and to have avoided b...
9. SCENE VI.--DON GARCIA, DONNA ELVIRA, ELIZA.ELV. (_to Don Garcia_). At least observe well whether I make use of any artifice to deceive you; whether by a single glance or by any warning gesture I seek to ward off this sud...
3. SCENE III.--DON GARCIA, DONNA ELVIRA, DON ALVAREZ, ELIZA.GARC. I come, Madam to rejoice with you in the good tidings you have just heard. Your brother, who threatens a tyrant stained with crimes, allows me to hope that my love may one...
32. SCENE V.--DON ALPHONSO (_believed to be Don Silvio_), DONNA ELVIRA,ELV. Before you say a word, my Lord, I earnestly beg that you will deign to hear me for a moment. Fame has already informed us of the marvellous deeds you have performed. I wond...
6. SCENE I.--ELIZA, DON LOPEZ.EL. To speak my mind freely to you, I am not much astonished at anything the Prince may do; for it is very natural, and I cannot disapprove of it, that a soul inflamed by a nobl...
8. SCENE III.--DON GARCIA, DON ALVAREZ, ELIZA.ELV. We have just now heard that the King, your father, approves your designs, and consents that his son should restore us to our subjects. I am extremely rejoiced at this.
13. SCENE III.--DON GARCIA, DONNA ELVIRA, DON ALPHONSO, _under the name ofGARC. Madam, since you say so, I do not believe you were forewarned of this visit; (_to Don Silvio_) but you, sir, ought at least to have honoured us with some notice of this ra...
30. SCENE III.--DON GARCIA, DONNA ELVIRA, DONNA INEZ, ELIZA.ELV. Prince, let us talk no more of my resentment; your fate has made a change in my heart. Its severity, and your wretched condition have extinguished my anger, and our peace i...
33. SCENE VI.--DON GARCIA, DONNA ELVIRA, DONNA INEZ, DON ALPHONSO, ELIZA.GARC. For mercy's sake, Madam, hide from me your satisfaction, and let me die in the belief that a feeling of duty compels you. I know you can freely dispose of your hand; I do...
5. SCENE V.--DONNA ELVIRA, DON GARCIA, DON ALVAREZ, ELIZA.ELV. (_Low and aside_). I see already by his looks that this letter disturbs him. What a wonderfully jealous temper he has! (_Aloud_). What stops you, Prince, in the midst of yo...
11. SCENE I.--DONNA ELVIRA, ELIZA.ELV. What say you, Eliza, to this unaccountable weakness in the heart of a Princess? What do you say when you see me so quickly forego my desire for revenge, and, in spite of so...
2. SCENE II.--DONNA ELVIRA, DON ALVAREZ, ELIZA.ALV. Yes, Madam; the time has arrived when your brother, brought up in Castile, will get his own again. Hitherto, the cautious Don Louis, to whom the late King, on his death-bed...
20. SCENE VI.--DON GARCIA, DON ALVAREZ, ELIZA.EL. I should look upon your torments, my Lord, with other eyes than the Princess does; Heaven or our mood is the reason why we judge differently about everything. But, as she bl...
15. SCENE I.--DONNA ELVIRA, DON ALVAREZ.ELV. You can go back, Don Alvarez, but do not expect that you shall persuade me to forget this offence. The wound which my heart received is incurable; all endeavours to heal it...
31. SCENE IV.--DONNA ELVIRA, DONNA INEZ, ELIZA.ELV. Madam, do not ascribe all my afflictions to the interest which I take in his unhappy lot. You will do me but justice if you believe that you have a large share in my heart-...
27. SCENE XI.--DON GARCIA, DON ALVAREZ.GARC. What gleam of light clearly shows me my error, and, at the same time, involves my senses in such a profound horror that, dejected, I can see nothing but the dreadful objec...
14. SCENE IV.--DON GARCIA, DON ALPHONSO.GARC. Everything smiles upon you, and you proudly triumph over my confusion. It is pleasant to hear the glorious confession of that victory which you obtain over a rival; but it...
10. SCENE VII.--DON GARCIA, DON LOPEZ.GARC. Do not talk to me of secrets or alarms, whilst I am in such a blissful rapture. After what has just taken place, I ought not to listen to any suspicions. The unequalled ki...
26. SCENE X.--DONNA ELVIRA, DON GARCIA, DONNA INEZ, ELIZA, DON ALVAREZ.ELV. (_To Don Garcia, showing him Donna Inez_). Thanks to Heaven, behold the cause of the generous suspicions you showed. Look well on that face, and see if you do not at once r...
28. SCENE I.--DON ALVAREZ, ELIZA.ALV. No, never was anyone more astonished. He had just planned that lofty undertaking; inspired by despair, he was all anxiety to kill Mauregat; eager to show his courage, and t...
29. SCENE II.--DONNA ELVIRA, DONNA INEZ, ELIZA, DON ALVAREZ.ELV. Don Alvarez, let the Prince come hither. (_Don Alvarez leaves_). Give me leave, Madam, to speak to him in your presence concerning this piece of news, which greatly surpris...
22. Scene 2 (see Vol. II).18. SCENE IV.--DONNA INEZ, _in man's dress_, ELIZA.INEZ. Do not tell any one, Eliza, I am here; allow me to pass my sad days in peace. I pretended to kill myself. By this feigned death I got rid of all my tyrants; for this is th...
16. SCENE II.--DONNA ELVIRA, ELIZA.EL. I waited, Madam until he was gone, to tell you something that will free you from your anxiety, since this very moment you can be informed what has become of Donna Inez. A ce...
21. SCENE VII.--DON GARCIA, DON ALVAREZ.GARC. (_Looking in at the door which Eliza left half open_). What do I see, righteous Heavens! Can I believe my eyes? Alas! they are, doubtless, but too faithful witnesses; this...
23. SCENE VIII.--DONNA ELVIRA, DON GARCIA, DON ALVAREZ.ELV. Well, what do you want? However bold you may be, how can you hope for pardon, after the way you have behaved? Dare you again present yourself before me? And what can you sa...
25. SCENE IX.--DONNA ELVIRA, DON GARCIA, ELIZA, DON ALVAREZ.ELV. Take care at least that this righteous indignation perseveres in its ardour to the end; above all, do not henceforth forget what price you have paid to see your suspicions...
17. SCENE III.--DON PEDRO, ELIZA.EL. Desire him to come; tell him that he is impatiently expected, and that no one shall see him. (_Alone_). I cannot unravel this mystery; all the precautions he takes ... But h...
7. SCENE II.--DON ALVAREZ, ELIZA.ALV. At last we have received intelligence that the king of Navarre has this very day declared himself favourable to the Prince's love, and that a number of fresh troops will re...
19. SCENE V.--DON ALVAREZ, ELIZA.ALV. The Prince sends me to entreat you to use your utmost influence in his favour. His life is despaired of, unless he obtains by your means, fair Eliza, one moment's conversat...
4. SCENE IV.--DONNA ELVIRA, DON GARCIA, DON ALVAREZ, ELIZA, A PAGE