Rosina
Well,Basini,have you anything new to tell us?
Basini
Much! Who knows,what may happen to you to-day,Rosina!
Rosina
What do you mean by that?
Firstdaiden
What may happen to Rosina?
Basini
She or you,--or you-- or you--
(To the different girls.)
Several
Well what?
Basini
great good fortune and great honor!
Rosina
Go on and tell us!
Basini
As if you did'nt know better than I!
Several
What? What?
Basini
You don’t know that to-night the Duke—, it is not possible that
you tell me that you don't know! Get out!
( Makes a primace, and is about to leave.)
maidens
Insistingly
We know nothing! What is the Duke to do?
Basini
You don’t know that the most beautiful one of you—and when I
say you I mean naturally not you who are about me now, for
it is pure accident that you are here,but the most beautiful of
all the pretty girls in Bologna,yes that's it.
Maidens
Well what? Well what? You haven't told us what! What will the Duka
do?
Rosina
The Duke will do what for the most beautiful one--
Basini
Will summon the most beautiful one to his palace this evening!
But you've known it all along.