Diego. (Coaxing Amazili.) I like you, you little rogue. Will you come again?

Amazili. (To Idali.) What think you, Idali ?

Idali. We'll see.

Juan. Rather say, that Cora had fallen asleep at the foot

of a pillar in the temple, and at day-break the pillar had concealed her from your sight.

Diego. Or the shadow of a palm in the court.

Alonzo. Oh delightful !.

Idali. What a good thought!
Cora. Come, then, let us go.
Idali. (To Amazili.) Come away!

Amazili. Come !

(Neither of them quit the spot.)

Juan. Go! sweet girl!

Diego. Go, go, little wicked creature.

Idali. (Tarrying.) Well, I am going-but can't youmake us feel so odd and close and-and-as we felt before? Amazili. (To Diego.) Try whether I shall be so frightened this time.

(Juan and Diego kiss them.)

Idali and Amazili. Oh!-(With a deep sigh.) Farewell, farewell!

Cora. (Embracing Alonzo.) Farewell, my love!
Alonzo. Soon to be my wife.

[Exeunt Cora, Idali and Amazili.

Rolla. (Advancing.) Have you tamed them?

Juan. Yes. Rolla knows the sex.

Rolla. By report, Don Juan.

Diego. I begin to relish this adventure. What a sly little wench it was!

Juan. Yet the portentous clouds seem still to gather, and to lower towards us.

Alonzo. Oh brother! Haste! Haste, to save us !

Rolla. Be at ease, and let us now consult together. Oh! I feel fresh vigour nerve my every limb!-I am another man. I feel again that active spirit, which heretofore inspired meI am again attached to this world.-Thanks be to Cora for the gentle shower, which has revived this withered plant. (Full of majestic heat.) Yes, we will fly. Dangerous is the flight, and therefore better. When our pursuers press upon our heels-when their shouts are bellowing in our ears, and their arrows hissing round us- -Ha! That will be life! (With increasing ardour.) To fight for Cora !—To wield my sword for Cora !-Then you shall see what Rolla is! You called me brave beneath the walls of Cusco.-You called me brave upon the plains or Tumibamba.-Pshaw ! Pshaw ! Never have I fought for Cora. For Cora, and in Cora's presence! Oh! I shall be a God!

Alonzo. (Embracing him.) Great man! Look but friendly at me, that I may be sure thou hast forgiven me.

Rolla. No, Alonzo, give me no more credit than I merit. All for Cora! Nought for thee. Mark me. Were Cora to throw a paltry flower into the sea, and say, she wished for it again, I would plunge in, to fetch it, at the peril of my life. For this reason, then, I am thy friend, and for this reason I have forgiven thee.

Alonzo. Let me, at least, hope thou wilt one day think me worthy of thy friendship for my own sake.

Rolla. Cora loves thee. What canst thou wish for more? -Oh if Cora loved but me, the Gods should sue to me for friendship. But here are we talking, when we should be acting. Come into my cavern-there we are safe from every listener. Let us settle the how, where, and when, and then be merry together, for to-day I'll drink-oh I am already intoxicated with delight. From head to foot I feel it. My every nerve is strung like a tough bow.-To-day I could subdue the world. (Seizes Alonzo's hand, and leads him into the cave.)

Juan. (As he follows them.) Quito that this man is in love. him, was the destination of such a hero.

Happy is it for the king of To love Cora, or to dethrone

[Exit into the cave.

Diego. Drink!-Drink did he say?-Here am I.-Let us see, who can empty most to the health of his mistress.

ACT III.

Scene, the chamber of the HIGH PRIESTESS in the house of stars. Various cages, containing turtle-doves, parrots, and other tame birds, are affixed to the wall.

High Priestess.-(Very busily employed in feeding the birds.) There, little Bibbi! Take it! Take it! You little wretch you have swallowed it all at once.-What a time these girls stay! They are loitering in some corner, and talking nonsense, of course.-Yes, yes, Looloo,-stop-stop-you shall have your share. There! These idle beings would tire any one's patience. Heaven knows where they have crawled to. They are as slow as tortoises. Come hither, little Doodoo, come hither. (Chirps and snaps her fingers.)— There! Take that, and give some of it to your wife.(Suddenly drawing her hand back.) Oh you rogue-you can bite too, can you?No, this is too provoking. The Sun is already high above the hills. These thoughtless girls rely upon my kind forgiving heart-don't they, Bibbi? I look at them too often through my fingers-don't I, Looloo?-Hunger and confinement make people tame and obedient-don't they Doodoo?

(Idali and Amazili, almost deprived of breath, rush into the room.)

Idali and Amazili. (Together.) Well! Here we are already.

High Priestess. Gently, gently, girls!—Are you frightened, little Bibbi?-So you really are here already? Idali. Yes-how fast we have run!

High Priestess. Where are you come from, then?

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Idali. From the garden.

Amazili. From the temple.

} Together.

High Priestess. One of you tells a falshood.

Idali and Amazili. (Together—alarmed.) It was I. High Priestess. What? One of you tells another falsehood. What can all this mean? Idali, stand in that corner. There; Amazili, come hither. (Leads her to the opposite side of the stage, and lowers her voice.) Tell me, honestly, are you really come from the temple?

Amazili. Yes.

High Priestess. Well, stand still. (Goes to Idali.) I can scarce believe it yet. Amazili insists upon it, you are come Tell me the truth.

from the garden.

Idali. Yes, we are come from the garden.

High Priestess. What? You seem to be two very strange creatures. But I must fathom this. Stay in your corners. What do you mean by that winking and nodding, and shaking of heads? Be quiet, I say, and look on the ground. There. (Goes to Amazili.) Have you found Cora?

Amazili. Yes.

High Priestess. Where did you find her?

Amazili. In the shadow of the thick palm, which stands at the temple-gate. She had fallen asleep there.

High Priestess. Very well. Now, don't move an inch from your place, and rivet your eye upon the floor. (Goes to Idali.) Have you found Cora ?

Idali. Yes.

High Priestess. Where did you find her?

Idali. At the foot of a pillar in the temple. She had crept there, and was asleep. We had run past her perhaps twenty times without seeing her.

High Priestess. What? Come hither, both of you. (Seizes them by the hand, and stares in their faces by turns.) You are two impudent deceivers. You say that she was asleep within the temple, at the foot of a pillar,