I lived, a girl, one happy leisure year:

Let me endeavor to be the Duchess now!

And so,—what news, Sir Guibert, spoke you of? [As they advance a little, and Guibert speaks

—That gentleman?

Val. [Aside.] I feel her eyes on me.

Gui. [To Valence.] The Duchess, sir, inclines to hear your suit.

Advance! He is from Cleves.

Val. [Coming forward.] [Aside.] Their wrongs—their wrongs!

Duch. And you, sir, are from Cleves? How fresh in mind,

The hour or two I passed at queenly Cleves!