[Goes to her, they seem to talk earnestly, and sometimes pleasantly, pointing to Clarinda.

Mar. Enough, Clarinda: I’m too well convinc’d,

Would thou hadst still remain’d a Criminal.

Now how can I reward thy Faith and Love?

Clar. I know, Marcel, it is not in thy Power,

Thy faithless Story I’m acquainted with.

Mar. Do not reproach me with my Shame, Clarinda.

’Tis true, to gain thee to consent to my Desires,

I made an honourable Pretence of loving.

Pardon a Lover all the ways he takes