sentences:  But she only mocks him, and on Mengone's return Volpino is forced to retire.Alone with Mengone, Grilletta encourages her timid lover, whom she likes, but just when he is about to take her hand Sempronio returns, furious to see them so intimate.He sends Mengone away to work and the young girl to her account books, while he buries himself once more in the papers.