El Capitan, Act II: “Young woman, be gone!”

[DON MEDIGUA, spoken]
Young woman, be gone!

[DON CAZARRO, spoken]
I admire your willpower, Capitan, but I have decided to grant the lady's petition. 

[DON MEDIGUA, spoken, aside]
I'm sinking...

[DON CAZARRO, spoken]
Produce the prisoner at once. 

[DON MEDIGUA, spoken, aside]
Sink... or swim. I'll risk it. Psst... dearest beloved wife. Do not recognize me or my life will be forfeited. One word and I'm past tense!

[PRINCESS, spoken]
My husband, is it you?

[ESTRELDA, spoken]
El Capitan...

[DON MEDIGUA, spoken]
No! Certainly not, it is not me. 

[Aside.]
You will betray me. Princess...

[Aloud.]
Princess, your husband is in there!

[Aside.]
It's Pozzo. Greet him as if he were your own beloved husband. 

[PRINCESS, spoken]
Hmm! Pozzo? Nevеr!

[DON MEDIGUA, spoken]
It's life or death!

[PRINCESS, spoken, embracing him]
Well, for your sakе, anything!

[ESTRELDA, spoken, alarmed at this]
Capitan, look out! You are in danger. Madame, I sympathize, but the noble Capitan is already—

[DON MEDIGUA, spoken]
Estrelda... ah... Look! Look, here comes Don Medigua. 

[Aside.]
My poor nerves!