“Now, what cause have I for shame? Tell me that.”

“What cause? You can ask that!”

“O, I can ask anything.”

“Enough of this equivocating. What did you mean by stating you heard them say it was the Duke?”

“Why, I meant it.”

“Who were they?”

“Just my lady and the other.”

“O, the other! Who was the other?”

“Why, the one that wasn’t my lady, of course.”

“Was it Kit?”