Pierrot: But whom’s the third for ?
Columbine’s voice (sings):
I from my husband unsuspected
Steal to another ’neath the moon;
When desire’s interdicted,
Doubly ’tis desired soon.
Ah, my heart is trembling,
Fainting, beating slow—
If my spouse should see me,
Should hearken, and should know.
Pierrot: What’s that? Columbine’s voice! My wife’s voice!
Harlequin: Now you know whom the third place is for.
Pierrot (tragically): A-ah! Traitor! A-ah! Demon! This is your friendship!
Harlequin: Be calm. Why, nothing’s happened yet!
Pierrot: It only wants that!
Harlequin: And if I were to say that it doesn’t even want that?
Pierrot: And you dare pretend that you love me!
Harlequin: I love you both. But you want it to be only you, and so you’re jealous.
