Captain
Go, quickly, where I send you.
(Exit Spruce)
(Enter Urania and Jenny, her maid)
Urania
What a joy. We will see Captain McNaughten again today. I cannot stay
put. Such excitement--agitates me. How do you think I look, Jenny?
Jenny
Charming. Your beauty surprises, ravishes, carries one away, enchants
--. It seems Cupid himself has adjusted your face today.
Urania
This girl always has the best taste. (seeing the Captain) Ah, sir, you
here! What a lucky chance--this is better than I had hoped for--what
hurries your return? What god brings you back to me?
Captain
Cupid.
Urania
Cupid? The poor child!
Captain
Your loveable presence now fully compensates me for the pain of your
prior absence. You, who without art, without aid, appear younger every
day.
Urania
Foh! Banterer! Love sometimes recalls a person who is absent to mind.
Your charming portrait which, which makes all my happiness, consoled
me a little during your frightful absence. Did mine have the same
effect on you?
Captain
Your face preoccupied me like a ghost, and followed me everywhere.
Night could not hide you from my eyes. And even this night, I recall
my dream. In my first sleep, I dreamt I was in a garden at sunrise.
There, Aurora shone with her rosy fingers.
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