(Elizabeth comes back with John Hampden, aged forty-four, and Henry Ireton, twenty-eight. They both shake hands with Mrs. Cromwell.)
Hampden:
How do you do, ma'am?
Mrs. Cromwell:
Well, John.
Ireton:
Good-evening, ma'am.
Mrs. Cromwell:
You're welcome, Master Ireton, I'm sure. If you behave yourself, young man.
Ireton: