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with his sword, each keeping half of it. She keeps him guess- 
ing as to his hopes. Aside, she says : 
El es discreto y galan, 
Quiera amor que sea valiente. (Act II, scene 15.) 
Serafina has decided on a tourney, insisting that a joust is 
too dangerous, and Fadrique comes out first in it. Urbino 
asks Serafina (who he thinks is Porcia) to intercede for him 
with the duchess, calling her an ungrateful beauty, and offer- 
ing her (Serafina) a dowry. Fadrique enters in time to hear 
her say she will do what she can for him, and until she ex- 
plains, thinks that Urbino is her choice. Porcia, with the am- 
bition of becoming a real duchess, decides to give up the 
Spaniard and turn her attentions to Urbino. On this night, 
the men are to make love at the reja. When Urbino, Ferrara, 
and Parma appear, they find Fadrique already there, and a 
fight is started in the attempt to make him go away. Serafina 
throws down a handkerchief and says that the one who gets 
it will be rewarded either with herself or the duchess. Fer- 
rara suggests that if it is Portia’s handkerchief, it is the pres- 
ent of a servant, and he does not want to run the risk. Fad- 
rique secures the handkerchief, hands it to Serafina and starts 
to leave, telling the story of the Lion and the Glove. Serafina- 
recalls him, giving him her hand, and explains the trick to 
the dukes. Flores argues that he is really “cuerdo” and not 
“loco”. The dukes depart in great anger. 
When Serafina says, in the first part of the second act : 
Dueno de mi voluntad 
Eternamente sere 
we are prepared to find her love changed during the course 
of the play. And this does, in fact, happen. However, Fa- 
drique wins her, first of all, because he is the only one of the 
four suitors who is ostensibly not after her estate.- He makes 
it the personal thing which she wants it to be and, in addi- 
tion, qualifies as the most “galan”, “valiente”, and “discreto” 
among them all. She keeps him guessing until the end, but it 
is only to try him out to the utmost. Altho she feels no in- 
clination to many — rather has an inclination against so do- 
ing — she knows that she must choose a husband, and in the 
process of trying the suitors out on the points she insists on, 
she falls in love with Fadrique, and we find her hoping that 
