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And now the pearls!

Open, Lord Casanova.

[The treasurer unfolds the door and discovers Donna Giulia Farnese and Donna Lucrezia Borgia in Neapolitan dressing-gowns of white silk, their golden hair untressed, choosing jewels for their nets.

Indiscreet?

Laugh, ladies—do not blush. A pair of swans!

[Taking Giulia’s wrist.] No, no, Madonna—no, My Giulia—not the ruby! You must match Your lovely eyelets with the diamond.