The Farrier

Himself. Good heavens, we are in quite a fix.

There is nothing decided yet.

Do not distress yourself, believe me:
I will instruct him of my tenderness.
If he knows me to be loved by you,
Sensitive to the ardor that presses me,
He will prevent the design
That they have to steal your hand from me.

But if you do not have his support?

We can count on him.

All that does not reassure me.

Why these fears, Jeannette? One obtains always
what one desires most ardently.

Yes; but what one fears always comes sooner than what one wishes.

Your anxieties make me despair.

And your security puts me beside myself. Look,
Colin, if you loved me well, you would be less calm.

Can you make me that reproach?

ARIETTE.

A musical score featuring two staves of vocal music with a G-clef and time signature. Below the first staff, the lyrics "Charming object of my flam-" are printed, with each syllable aligned to specific notes.