PAPHNUTIUS. I cannot say.
YOUNG MAN. Why?
PAPHNUTIUS. That is my secret.
YOUNG MAN. It would be wiser to tell us your secret. It will be difficult for you, a stranger, to do your business here without the advice of us citizens.
PAPHNUTIUS. But if I tell you, you may try to hinder me from carrying out my plans.
YOUNG MAN. You can trust us. We are men of honour!
PAPHNUTIUS. I believe it. I will trust in your loyalty and tell you my secret.
YOUNG MAN. We are not traitors. No harm shall come to you.
PAPHNUTIUS. I am told that there lives in this town a woman who loves all who love her. She is kind to all men; she’ll not deny them anything.
YOUNG MAN. Stranger, you must tell us her name. There are many women of that kind in our city. Do you know her name?