A child and two maidens sing of their curiosity about what is happening on the groom's hunt for his bride and her lover Leonardo. The maidens ask Leonardo's wife and her mother what has happened to the groom and Leonardo. The wife's mother doesn't know. The wife wonders out loud. Her mother tells her to forget Leonardo and concentrate on raising her sons alone. The maidens ask the beggar what she saw when she comes in. The child is afraid of the beggar and wants her to go away. The beggar tells the maidens with excitement that both the groom and Leonardo are dead. The groom's mother and her neighbor enter the empty room. When the neighbor starts to cry, the groom's mother tells her to be quiet. She can now.....
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