- Don Pietro Introna: I'd like to talk.
- Aida Zepponi: To me?
- Don Pietro Introna: Yes, you. Where can we go? The museum, no one ever goes there.
- Francia: You like lobster, right?
- Aida Zepponi: I love it.
- Francia: It's an aphrodisiac.
- Aida Zepponi: What?
- Francia: I'll explain later.
- Aida Zepponi: I stink! In that hotel you wash in stages.
- Lorenzo Fainardi: Do you want a bath?
- Aida Zepponi: Yes, but how?
- Lorenzo Fainardi: It's not five yet, will two hours be enough?
- Aida Zepponi: I'm dirty, but not that bad!
- Aida Zepponi: What a big hand - almost bigger than mine! What a fine nose. In a couple of years women will go wild for you!
- Lorenzo Fainardi: What do I care about "will"?
- Aida Zepponi: We're - almost engaged.
- Lorenzo Fainardi: Almost?
- Aida Zepponi: Well, not officially.
- Lorenzo Fainardi: Do you - love him?
- Aida Zepponi, Lorenzo Fainardi: Well - sometimes yes, sometimes no. For example, now yes. But, sometimes I'd kill him. He's selfish, jealous, egotistical. He thinks only of himself. Thinks women should stay home and do the dishes.
- Aida Zepponi: Since he's a mediocre musician, they take me, not him. He throws a spoke in my wheel, clips my wings. He's stupid. He doesn't realize my success will help him too. Things went bad with Marchiori, but what a tragedy he made of it! In art, couples don't work!
- Don Pietro Introna: What will happen when he knows you better? Now he believes you totally, but you can't hide the truth forever.
- Aida Zepponi: You can't treat me like a street walker.
- Don Pietro Introna: I never meant to.
- Aida Zepponi: Well, almost.
- Lorenzo Fainardi: I don't know why I'm telling you, but when I met you - I thought that at the slightest hint that you might need me, I'd come running. You're the only person who needs me. Maybe not, but, anyway, I...
- Aida Zepponi: No, it's true. It's true. You've done too much already.
- Aida Zepponi: And Piero?
- Romolo: Piero? What will he know? No, no. Piero, no. He sent you away so you vanish for a night. Tomorrow he'll lick your feet like a dog.
- Romolo: What a body! You look like a diva, even more beautiful.
- Aida Zepponi: Could I earn 20,000 lira?
- Romolo: Even more. Even more.
- [tries to kiss Aida]
- Aida Zepponi: No!
- Romolo: Why not?
- Aida Zepponi: I'm drunk, but not that drunk.
- [Romolo tries to kiss her again]
- Aida Zepponi: I said no!
- Train Station Announcer: The Ancona train Bologna-Milan is arriving on platform 1. Before Bologna, stopping at Cesena and Forli.