Dog. You have: I knew it would be your answer. Well, for your favour, sir, why, give God thanks, and make no boast of it; and for your writing and reading, let that appear when there is no need of such vanity.
Why, it might be an extract from the Geddes Report—or so much of it as deals with Education!
And now to Slender, bidden in by sweet Anne Page to her father’s dinner-table:
Anne. Will it please your worship to come in, sir?
Slender. No—I thank you, forsooth—heartily. I am very well.
Anne. The dinner attends you, sir.
Slender. I am not a-hungry, I thank you, forsooth....
Anne. I may not go in without your worship; they will not sit till you come.
Slender. I’faith, I’ll eat nothing: I thank you as much as though I did.
Anne. I pray you, sir, walk in.