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sup in my room; all are invited. Dorval, in the meantime we'll have a game of chess. THE FAN (_IL VENTAGLIO_) A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS DRAMATIS PERSONAE. COUNT ROCCA MARINA. BARON DEL CEDRO. SIGNOR EVARIST. SIGNORA GELTRUDE, _a widow._ CANDIDA, _her niece._ CORONATO, _an innkeeper._ MORACCHIO, _a peasant._ NINA, _his sister._ SUSANNA, _a small shopkeeper._ CRISPINO, _a shoemaker._ TIMOTEO, _an apothecary._ LIMONATO, _a waiter._ TOGNINO, _servant to the two ladies._ SCAVEZZO, _boots to the innkeeper._ _Scene of action, a little village near Milan._ THE FAN. ACT I. [An open space bounded at the back by a house bearing the inscription _Osteria_ (_Inn_). Houses to right and left; on the left a gentleman's mansion with a low projecting terrace. The foremost house has the word Cafe upon a swinging shield; before its main door and windows stand small tables and chairs. It has also a back door which adjoins a little pharmacy. At the end of the right-hand side of houses, a small general store. The inn has a restaurant on the ground-floor, and on the left a small shoemaker's workshop. Right and left, between the inn and the side houses, runs the street.] SCENE I. [_Evarist_ and the _Baron_ sit towards the front at a little table drinking coffee. _Limonato_ serves them. _Crispino_ is cobbling in his booth, near to him _Coronato_ sitting beside his door, writing in a note-book. The _Boots_ cleans the restaurant windows. In the middle of the stage sits the _Count_ reading a book. He is dressed in a white summer costume, while the _Baron_ and _Evarist_ are in shooting dress, with their guns beside them. _Geltrude_ and _Candida_ on the terrace, knitting. To the right _Tognino_ is sweeping the square, _Nina_ is spinning before her house door, beside her stands _Moracchio_ holding two hunting dogs by a cord. Every now and again _Timoteo_ puts his head out of the pharmacy; in the background _Susanna_, sewing before her shop. A pause after the rise of the curtain. All absorbed in their occupations. _Crispino_ hammers energetically upon a shoe at which he is working. _Timoteo_ is pounding loudly in a mortar, therefore invisible.] _Evarist._ How do you like this coffee? _Baron._ It is good. _Evarist._ I find it excellent. Bravo, Limonato! to-day you have surpass
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