Music gives expression to feelings which the characters cannot express, and accentuates and develops the picturesqueness of the piece; it makes acceptable what would not even exist without it.
Vacquerie approved highly the convent scene which Gallet invented.

This introduced a quiet and peaceful note amidst the violence of the original work.

Gallet wrote a sonnet in Alexandrine verse for Sabatino's declaration of his love.

I was unable to set this to music, for the twelve feet embarrassed me and prevented my getting into my stride.

As I did not know what else to do, I took the sonnet and by main force reduced the verse to ten feet with a caesura at the fifth foot.