Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito':
I hope it provided you both with amusement to know that I still love her. Leave town, Antonio, before I lose my temper and call the police.
Antonio Galvan:
I wouldn't put anything beyond you now. All you wanted was to keep me out of your preserves. I'm going to stay now, in spite of your petty jealousy.
Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito':
Call it what you like, I'm not going to lose her.
Concha Perez:
How can you lose what you never possessed?
Antonio Galvan:
I used to have a lot of respect for you, Pasqual, but you're behaving like a fool.
Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito':
You young puppy. How are you talk like that!
[Pasqual slaps Antonio]
Antonio Galvan:
We were friends, Pasqual. I'll forget the blow.
Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito':
Your new victim, Concha, is a coward.
Concha Perez:
I don't think he is.
Antonio Galvan:
You know better than to think me a coward. And if you can find any friends to act as your second, I'll be very happy to discuss that point with them at the hotel tomorrow morning.
Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito':
Weapons?
Antonio Galvan:
Pistols.
Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito':
Reading the cards is one of her virtues I forgot to tell you about.
[He tucks the queen of hearts in a plant, walks to the far end of the room, and shoots at the card. Pasqual and Antonio leave in the ensuing chaos]
Policeman:
[as screaming partygoers rush to and fro, some fleeing, others trying to see what happened, a policeman enters]
Who fired the shot?
Antonio Galvan:
Was there a shot?
Policeman:
This card belongs to your deck, doesn't it?
[the queen of hearts has a bullet hole in the center of one of the corner hearts]
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05/03/2025 alle ore 07:44