SCENE IX.--CELIA, ANDRÈS, LELIO, MASCARILLE.

AND. Is not this the lady you were speaking of to me?

LEL. Heavens! what happiness can be equal to mine!

AND. It is true; I am indebted to you for the kindness you have shown

me; I should be much to blame if I did not acknowledge it; but this

kindness would be too dearly bought were I to repay it at the expense of

my heart. Judge, by the rapture her beauty causes me, whether I ought to

discharge my debt to you at such a price. You are generous, and would

not have me act thus. Farewell. Let us return whence we came, and stay

there for a few days. (_He leads Celia away_).

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