Humph! Like consequence, like cause.

Shakespeare:

No, no! he’s my friend unwearied in kind offices. If you but knew——

Jonson:

Then why not find him and solve the riddle?

Shakespeare:

I will: I must. To-day; now. [Goes to door and returns.] But if she has changed to me—ah, Ben, hope is something; we mortals live by hope.

Jonson:

Hope balanced by despair. Have done with the ague-fit, man!

Shakespeare: