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Ph. What matter, when all the time you are just behind the hedge?

No reason I see to wound him: I shall feel my way.

An hour will settle all. If he be kindly bent,

Or I can move him towards you, you must stand prepared

To strike while the iron is hot. The lady, I understand,

Will be with you here: be ready, and when I give the word,

You step across the road and kneel for the old man’s blessing.

Clin. I have told you, Pamphilus, Antiphila must not come.

Your father’s interference is most unfortunate: