RICHARD AND JUSTICE MERTON [Together.] Rachel!
RACHEL You, too, uncle?
DICKON Pardon me, Mistress Rachel; give the pipe at once. Only a token of true affection can revive his lordship now.
RICHARD [As Rachel puts the pipe to Ravensbane’s lips.] I forbid it, Rachel.
RACHEL [Watching only Ravensbane.] My lord—my lord!
MISTRESS MERTON Give him air; unbutton his coat. [Rachel unbuttons Ravensbane’s coat, revealing the embroidered waistcoat.] Ah, heavens! What do I see?
JUSTICE MERTON [Looks, blanches, and signs silence to Mistress Merton.] Cynthia!
DICKON See! He puffs—he revives. He is coming to himself.
MISTRESS MERTON [Aside to Justice Merton, with deep tensity.] That waistcoat! that waistcoat! Brother, hast thou never seen it before?
JUSTICE MERTON Never, my sister.