Elizabeth.  Bid him hurry! [Mary turns to the door.] Mary!

Mary. Madam?

Elizabeth.  What did I tell you but now?

Mary. Madam, to bid him hurry.

Henslowe [recognising the voice]. “Hurry!”

Elizabeth.  Wait. Daylight, Henslowe? Girl, you’re slow. You go heavily. Have you not slept? Let Henslowe do your errand! [To Henslowe.] Let him wait at hand!

Mary. Madam, I can well go.

Elizabeth.  No hurry now. [Henslowe goes out.] D’you guess why I send for your teller of tales?

Mary. No, Madam.

Elizabeth.  He has told a tale, it seems, that I’d hear told again.