2d Spec. Who 's the veiled woman that he talks with?
Many Spectators. Hush—
The Earl! the Earl!
[Enter Strafford, Slingsby, and other Secretaries, Hollis, Lady Carlisle, Maxwell, Balfour, etc. Strafford converses with Lady Carlisle.
Hol. So near the end! Be patient—
Return!
Straf. [To his Secretaries.] Here—anywhere—or, 't is freshest here!
To spend one's April here, the blossom-month:
Set it down here!
[They arrange a table, papers, etc.