While the young ladies upon the house-top are discussing the characters
of De Lara and Calderon, these worthies, in return, are conversing of
them, and in a strain which bodes little good to Inez, with much evil to
Carmen. That the visit designed for them is of no ordinary nature, but
for an all important purpose, can be gleaned from the speech passing
between the two horsemen as they ride along the road.