Feared o’ the dark!
NED
[Goes whimpering.]
’E’ll drub me wi’ his thigh-bones.
[Opening the door, he feels his way down. As the door
closes, a faint scream comes from within.]
CHAUCER
[To Prioress, who, preceded by her three priests, is about to go out.]
Madame, goes she to chapel?
PRIORESS
Paul, Joannes,