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. A very important one. [Looks from one to the other angrily and suspiciously.] But why do you want to know?

. Don't be offended, Lorenzo. Forgive me if I have committed an indiscretion.

. I forgive! It is I who want your forgiveness. Through me, through my fault, are you about to be plunged into misery.

. Do not say so. We could never be miserable, you being happy.

. And I, could I be happy, fortune having deserted you and my beloved child?

. She, too, will be happy.

. Impossible, for you know what I am thinking of.

. You have told me. Don't you remember?

. [To Dr. Tomás.] And you?

. I also know.

. You approve?

. [Sweetly.] Whatever you do will be well done.

. [To Dr. Tomás] What have you to say?

. The same.

. [Thoughtfully.] 'The same.' What conformity of opinion! Do you know that I have sent for a notary?

. We know it.

. [Looking at both.] You know it. And do you likewise know that I am about to have a legal 171