Cel. Why then we are agreed already: I am as kind and coming as you, for the heart of you: I knew, at first, we two were good for nothing but one another.
Flo. But, without raillery, are you in love?
Cel. So horribly much, that, contrary to my own maxims, I think, in my conscience, I could marry you.
Flo. No, no, 'tis not come to that yet; but if you are really in love, you have done me the greatest pleasure in the world.
Cel. That pleasure, and a better too, I have in store for you.
Flo. This animal, call'd a lover, I have long'd to see these two years.
Cel. Sure you walk'd with your mask on all the while; for if you had been seen, you could not have been without your wish.
Flo. I warrant, you mean an ordinary whining lover; but I must have other proofs of love, ere I believe it.
Cel. You shall have the best that I can give you.
Flo. I would have a lover, that, if need be, should hang himself, drown himself, break his neck, poison himself, for very despair: He, that will scruple this, is an impudent fellow if he says he is in love.