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Vermandero joins Beatrice, causing her to change her behaviour. She introduces him to Alsemero; knowing the young man's father, Vermandero invites him in to see their castle. Vermandero also talks of Beatrice's fiancé, causing her to say goodbye to Alsemero in preparation for her return home.
Back at the castle, Vermandero compliments Alsemero, lamenting that he does not have a second daughter to give to Alsemero as a wife. Beatrice is listening—and after her father and beloved leave, she celebrates the fact that Alsemero has so quickly earned her father’s love and respect.
When Vermandero wonders about the sounds, Alsemero unlocks the cupboard, revealing DeFlores and a now-wounded Beatrice. Vermandero is heartbroken to realize that his daughter is behind the murder: “a host of enemies entered my citadel could not amaze like this,” he marvels.
A dumb show reveals Vermandero learning, confusedly, of Alonzo ’s flight; Vermandero then points to Alsemero, signifying that he will be a suitable husband for Beatrice now that Alonzo is gone. All the gentlemen and servants applaud Vermandero’s choice.
As an old friend of Alsemero’s deceased father, he is favorably inclined toward Alsemero. Vermandero is a kind-hearted, hospitable, and honorable man.
De Flores is a servant to Beatrice’s father Vermandero. De Flores is obsessively in love with Beatrice, although Beatrice despises him and compares him to a “basilisk” (1.1.117). Vermandero enters, and Beatrice encourages her father to invite Alsemero to their castle.
He notes that Beatrice and Alsemero are infatuated with each other, and that Beatrice’s tragic misunderstanding of true love leaves her vulnerable.
