“Yes, good my lord, and I am the bride.”

“A lovely bride! And who’s the bridegroom?”

“So please you, at your service, here, I call myself Masetto.

“Spoken bravely!”

“O rare! he hath the build of a husband, hath he not?”

Here the little bride, who was a little vain, and who rather plumed herself upon talking to a grandee, said, “Masetto hath an excellent heart.”

“And also have I, so we should be friends; and, prythee, what do they call thee?”

“Zerlina, so please you.”

“And so please you, I call myself Masetto.”

For truth to tell, the little rustic was growing jealous.