Waggoner.
No, not for many a day.
His steward, honest man, I know is doubtful
Whether he be alive; and yet his land
Is better farmed than any in the country.
Stephen.
He is not married, then?
Waggoner.
No. There's a gossip
Amongst the women—but who would heed their talk!—
That love half-crazed, then drove him out of doors,
To wander here and there, like a bad ghost,
Because a silly wench refused him:—fudge!
Stephen.
Most probably. I quite agree with you.
Where do you stop?
Waggoner.
At the first inn we come to;
You'll see it from the bottom of the hill.
There is a better at the other end,
But here the stabling is by far the best.
Stephen.
I must push on. Four legs can never go
Down-hill so fast as two. Good morning, friend.
Waggoner.
Good morning, sir.
Stephen (aside)
I take the further house.
SCENE XV.—The Nurse's room. JULIAN and LILIA standing near the window.
Julian.
But do you really love me, Lilia?