Mend. I fear lest the time has already passed by, for he has lunch early.
Manr. Let us go. You enter first, for you have less timidity.
Mend. Nay, rather you, for you have less impudence.
Manr. See that no one goes out from his house and catches us here, joking and frolicking. Let us knock at the door with the knocker-ring, although the door is open, for this would be more courteous. (Tat-tat.)
Boy. Who is there? Come straight in, whoever you are!
Manr. It is we. Where is the teacher?
Boy. In his room.
Mend. May all things befall you propitiously, teacher!
Teacher. You have come seasonably.
Mend. We have imitated your copy five or six times on this paper and bring our work to you to have it corrected.