e do the
young people follow him?

PIRRO.

Towards noon.

ANGELO.

With many attendants?

PIRRO.

A single carriage will contain the party--the mother, the daughter, and
the count. A few friends from Sabionetta attend as witnesses.

ANGELO.

And the servants?

PIRRO.

Only two besides myself. I shall ride before.

ANGELO.

Good. Another question. Is the carriage Galotti's or the Count's?

PIRRO.

The Count's.

ANGELO.

That is unlucky. There is another outrider, besides a courageous
driver. However----

PIRRO.

I am amazed. What do you intend? The few ornaments which the bride has
will scarcely reward your trouble.

ANGELO.

Then the bride herself shall be the reward.

PIRRO.

And you mean that I should be your accomplice in this crime?

ANGELO.

You ride before! Then ride, ride, and take no trouble about the matter.

PIRRO.

Never!

ANGELO.

What?--I believe the fellow means to play the conscientious--you
rascal! I think you know me. If you utter a syllable--if every
circumstance be not as you have described it----

PIRRO.

But, Angelo, for Heaven's sake----

ANGELO.

Do what you cannot avoid. (_Exit_.)

PIRRO.

Ha! let the devil hold thee by a single hair, and thou art his for
ever! Wretch that I am!

Scene IV.

Odoardo _and_ Claudia Galotti, Pirro.

ODOARDO.

She stays too long.

CLAUDIA.

One moment more, Odoardo. It would distress her to miss seeing you.

ODOARDO.

I must wait upon the Count, too. How eager am I to call this worthy man
my son! His conduct enchants me, and, above everything, his resolution
to pass his days in his native valleys.

CLAUDIA.

My heart almost breaks when I think of it. Must we so entirely lose our
dear and onl