:08:00
...your heart so noble...
:08:02
...I confess
that I adore him...
:08:04
...because he's quite
the cleverest, wisest...
:08:07
...and tenderest youth
in all this city.
:08:12
As my secretary,
I already know he's clever.
:08:15
Oh, that's another matter.
:08:17
I know the way he whispers
fond endearments, rather closer.
:08:22
Marcela, though I promise
you shall marry...
:08:25
...when the time is ripe...
:08:27
...I must be seen
to act with prudence...
:08:29
...and cannot countenance
your courting here.
:08:33
I must sustain my anger...
:08:35
...for it's known to all...
:08:37
...and you must pursue your love
with more discretion.
:08:41
When opportunity affords,
I'll help you both.
:08:45
Teodoro's sensible, and has been
raised here in my house...
:08:50
...and you, Marcela...
:08:51
...kinship apart,
have merited my favour.
:08:56
I kneel and kiss your feet.
:08:58
- Go.
- A thousand times I kiss them.
:09:01
Leave me alone.
:09:07
- Well?
- Angry, but to my advantage.
:09:10
- She knows your secrets?
- Yes, but knows they're harmless.
:09:27
I've oft remarked...
:09:29
...on Teodoro's
wit and manly beauty...
:09:31
...and might admire it...
:09:33
...were that consistent
with my sense of duty.
:09:36
Love is the common lot
of all...
:09:38
...but I more highly prize
my honoured name.
:09:41
I worship my nobility...
:09:43
...and the very thought
brings shame.
:09:46
Envy, I know too well,
must be my fate...
:09:48
...engendered by a joy I cannot
share. With reason I resent...
:09:52
...my rank and state...
:09:53
...and can but vainly wish...
:09:56
...that he were more
and I not far above him...
:09:59
...or I were less
and so could freely love him.