D.  SEVERO.     You  remain?

ERNEST.  Until  Teodora  commands  me  to  go.  I
was  on  the  point  of  going  away  forever  a  moment
ago,  but  the  Almighty  or  the  devil  deterred  me.
Now  you  come  and  order  me  out,  and  as  if  your  in-
sult were  an  infernal  message,  it  roots  my  heels  to  the
floor  in  revolt.
D.  SEVERO.  We'll  see  tha  .  There  are  servants
to  kick  you  out,  and  sticks  if  necessary.
ERNEST.  Try  it.  [Approaches  DON  SEVERO  with
a  threatening  air.  TEODORA  rushes  between  them.]

TEODORA.  Ernest!  [Turns  commandingly  to  DON
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SEVERO.]  You  seem  to  forget  that  this  is  my  house
as  long  as  my  husband  lives  and  is  its  owner.  Only
one  of  us  two  has  the  right  to  command  here.
