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(Palace gallery as in first scene.)

The Duke of Olmedo, the Duke of Lerma, Fontanares and Quinola.

The Duke of Olmedo

We have come just in time!

The Duke of Lerma

You were not wounded then?

The Duke of Olmedo Who said I was? Would the favorite of the king ruin me? And should I be here, as you see me, if I were dead? (To Quinola) Stand close and hold me up.

Quinola (to Fontanares)

This is a man worthy of your love.

Fontanares Who would not envy such a one? Yet how seldom is occasion given to show one's love.

Quinola Spare us, good sir, all this rigmarole about love, in the presence of the king; for the king, hark you —

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The King!

Fontanares

Come on, and let all our thoughts be for Marie!

Quinola (noticing that the Duke of Olmedo is fainting)

How are you? (He puts a flask to his nostrils.)