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Sancho Panza in His Island: Comic Opera in One Act
Philidor, François-André, 1726-1795; Poinsinet, Antoine Alexandre Henri · 1771
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T H E R E S E.
And I would rather she were dead than to see her even so much as a Baroness.
S A N C H O.
Ah well, there is no such good company that one must not leave, as that great King said.
L O P E T O C H O.
What! You are walking out on us?
T H E R E S E.
Goodness, it is quite simple: does this fine My Lord not have to go off to visit his dear Infanta?
S A N C H O.
Once and for all, what do you mean?...
(Aside.) Could she have learned....
T H E R E S E.
Oh! I know your news, I know it; but I will let you know some of ours.
S A N C H O.
Listen, Therese.
T H E R E S E.
I am listening to nothing; I am going to find out a little, if by chance your Petronelle does not have a father and a mother, and I will report her fine conduct to her parents.
S A N C H O.
Do not dare to do something foolish on your own.
L O P E T O C H O.
Well, are you going to start calling each other names again? There are strange families in the world. Calm yourself, Dame Therese, and you, Papa, who act so proud, I certify to you that you will give me your daughter, and that you will be all too happy to come to our place when you leave your fine Government.
S A N C H O.
Poor brain, that makes me pity you... (Aside.) I must get rid of them. (Aloud.) Well, yes my boy, if ever I leave my Government, that is finished, I give you my daughter, and I follow you all.
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