Herbert:
No, no. Come in and be seated. I was half asleep, I think.
Shakespeare:
We have not tasted life together for days and days.
Herbert:
’Tis true; not since my quarrel with Raleigh. How the old limpet clings to place. He has just come to new honours, I hear: she has made him Governor of Jersey. Curse him!
Shakespeare:
With honour one can always buy honours.
Herbert:
[Laughs.] Yes! the singular is more than the plural.