Fig. (Retains the Page) Come, come; let us study our parts well for the Play in the evening: and do not let us resemble those Actors who never play so ill as on the first night of a Piece; when Criticism is most watchful to detect Errors, and when they ought to play the best—“We shall not have an opportunity of playing better to-morrow.”
Basil. My part is more difficult than you imagine.
Figaro. And you may be rewarded for it, in a manner you little expect. [Aside.
Page. You forget, Figaro, that I am going.
Figaro. And you wish to stay? (In the same sorrowful tone.)
Page. (Sighs.) Ah yes.
Figaro. Follow my advice, and so thou shalt.
Page. How, how?
Figaro. Make no murmuring, but clap on your boots, and seem to depart; gallop as far as the Farm, return to the Castle on foot, enter by the back way, and hide yourself till I can come to you.
Page. And who shall teach Agnes her part, then?