Re-enter
Maritana.
You ! Oh, do not mock me by that title.
Nay, it is your own; but you appear uneasy. Have I not kept my word ?
Perfectly. I am a Countess—I reside in a costly palace. Every desire of my proud heart, save one, has come to pass.
And that one is your husband. Your cup of delight is now brim full; your husband arrives.