MASC. (Aside). Was there ever in the world a creature so dull of understanding?
LEL. Allow me to wreak my just vengeance on him.
LEAND. It is rather too much to wish to chastise him in my presence.
LEL. What! have I no right, then, to chastise my own servant?
LEAND. What do you mean by saying "your servant?"
MASC. (Aside). He is at it again! He will discover all.
LEL. Suppose I had a mind to thrash him within an inch of his life, what then? He is my own servant.
LEAND. At present he is mine.
LEL. That is an admirable joke. How comes he to be yours? Surely…
MASC. (In a whisper). Gently.