GRACIOSA
No, of course not. (_She speaks in the most matter-of-fact tone possible.
Then, more impulsively, the girl slips down from the bench, and sits by
him on the around._) Do you think I shall make as good a match as my
sisters, Guido? Do you think some great rich nobleman will marry me very
soon? And shall I like the court! What shall I see there?

GUIDO
Marvels. I think--yes, I am afraid that you will like them.

GRACIOSA
And Duke Alessandro--shall I like him?

GUIDO
Few courtiers have expressed dislike of him in my presence.

GRACIOSA
Do you like him? Does he too buy lavishly?

GUIDO
Eh, madonna! some day, when you have seen his jewels--

GRACIOSA
Oh! I shall see them when I go to court?

GUIDO
Yes, he will show them to you, I think, without fail, for the Duke loves
beauty in all its forms. So he will take pleasure in confronting the
brightness of your eyes with the brightness of the four kinds of sapphires,