Ray. Mallow.
Lau. I’m sure he doesn’t like it.
Ray. Yes, yes. You remember when he had the measles.
Lau. Yes, yes. How anxious we were then, too!
Ray. He drank it willingly. You remember perfectly?
Lau. Yes, of course I remember. Some mallow then. Let us read the prescription again. I haven’t forgotten anything? Mustard plasters. The cotton wool, you will attend to that. And I will go have the drink made. “In addition—every hour—a coffee-spoonful of the following medicine.”
(The curtain falls slowly as she continues to read. M. de Girieu has gone out slowly during the last words.)[54]
Finally, contrast the treatment by John Webster and Robert Browning of the same dramatic situation. Which is the clearer, which depends more on illustrative action?
Enter Antonio
Duchess. I sent for you; sit downe: