In her apartment, Isabella gets ready for the ceremony granting Mustafa his Pappataci status.
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He tries to rally Mustafa, who remains determined, as a Pappataci, to pridefully ignore all matters that might upset him.
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Lindoro says that Isabella actually cares very much for Mustafa and wants him to prove his worthiness by entering the sacred, Italian order of Pappataci.