Los favores del mundo

Chapter 73: [ESCENA XXIV]

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A three-act comedy transforms a legend about an ancestor of the author into a staged sequence of social intrigues and amorous complications. Scenes favor concise, economical dialogue, pointed satirical remarks and occasional extended narrations that supply motive and explanation. The action probes honor, hypocrisy and the gap between outward reputation and inner conscience, using close character observation and moral scrutiny to drive reversals. Denouements come through formal reckonings and arranged unions that emphasize ethical resolution over rhetorical display.

[ESCENA XXIV]

Sale el Conde.

[ANARDA, JULIA, INÉS, EL PRINCIPE, EL CONDE, DON JUAN,
GARCIA, DON DIEGO, GERARDO, HERNANDO, BUITRAGO.]

CONDE. Aunque sin salud, señor,
salí luego a obedeceros.

PRINCIPE. Yo mismo el tercero soy
para que le deis la mano,
Conde, a Don Diego Girón.

CONDE. Pensé que a Anarda.

PRINCIPE. Ya Anarda
es esposa de Alarcón;
y no os pese, que a fe mía
que os ha importado el honor.

CONDE. Pues Vuestra Alteza lo manda,
soy su amigo.

DIEGO. Vuestro soy.
Y los favores del mundo
dan fin, y piden perdón.