The credit of my deed! [Aloud.] Then it is this

You now expressly come to tell me?

D'O. This

To tell! You apprehend me?

Cha. Perfectly.

Further, D'Ormea, you have shown yourself,

For the first time these many weeks and months,

Disposed to do my bidding?

D'O. From the heart!

Cha. Acquaint my father, first, I wait his pleasure: