_Val._ [_To_ Angelica.] If you see your brother--
_Mar._ Come, sir, let us go--quick. [_She goes out and takes him with her._]
_Ang._ [_Aside._] What have I to do with Signor Dorval? I can go away.
_Dor._ Have you seen your uncle? Has he told you nothing?
_Dor._ [_Aside._] Good. She knows nothing of it.
_Ang._ Excuse me, sir. Is there anything new in which I am concerned?
_Dor._ Your uncle takes much interest in you.
_Ang._ [_With modesty._] He is very kind.
_Dor._ [_Seriously._] He thinks often of you.
_Dor._ He thinks of marrying you. [Angelica _appears modest._] What say you to it? Would you like to be married?
_Dor._ Shall I say anything more to you on the subject?
_Ang._ [_With a little curiosity._] But--as you please, sir.
_Dor._ The choice of a husband is already made.
_Ang._ [_Aside._] Oh, heavens! I tremble.
_Dor._ [_Aside._] She seems to be pleased.
_Ang._ [_Trembling._] Sir, I am curious to know--
_Ang._ Do you know who is intended for me?
_Ang._ To ask you the name of the young man?
_Ang._ [_Aside, with agitation._] Good Heavens!
_Dor._ You are sensible--you depend on your uncle--
_Ang._ [_Trembling._] Do you think, sir, my uncle would sacrifice me?
_Dor._ What do you mean by sacrificing you?
_Ang._ Mean--without the consent of my heart. My uncle is so good--But who could have advised him--who could have proposed this match? [_With temper._]
_Dor._ [_A little hurt._] But this match--Mademoiselle--Suppose it were I?
_Ang._ [_With joy._] You, sir? Heaven grant it!
_Ang._ Yes, I know you; I know you are reasonable. You are sensible; I can trust you. If you have given my uncle this advice, if you have proposed this match, I hope you will now find some means of making him change his plan.
_Dor._ [_Aside._] Eh! this is not so bad.--[_To_ Angelica.] Mademoiselle--
_Dor._ [_With feeling._] Is your heart engaged?
_Dor._ [_Aside._] I said so, I foresaw right; it is fortunate for me I am not in love--yet I began to perceive some little symptoms of it.
_Ang._ You have perhaps some particular interest in the person they wish me to marry?
_Ang._ [_With temper and firmness._] I tell you I shall hate him.
_Dor._ [_Aside._] Poor girl! I am pleased with her sincerity.
_Ang._ Come, have compassion; be generous.