[Unseen, save by the audience, the cellar door is opened, part way, and Alisoun peers out, dressed in the Knight’s clothes, but still without a make-up. She winks to Huberd, whose head bobs up a moment from behind the wall.]
SQUIRE
[To Johanna.]
Sweet mistress—
JOHANNA
I demand to know
Who is this rhyming man? Who was his father?
CHAUCER
My father was a vintner, dame, in London.
PRIORESS