Dot. So do I, sweet mistress, or I am an errant fool.
Lady C. But yet I hope
The feoffees may prove honest: I'll try them.
Fruit. I'll go and bring them to your ladyship. [Exit Fruitful.
Sir Arg. I'll stay no longer. Make my litter ready.
Lady, farewell; and to you all.
Free. Nay, sir.
Then let me interpose; let me entreat you,
By all the rites of neighbourhood, Sir Argent,
Make not so sudden a departure now.
What, though the business has gone so cross,
You may part fairly yet. Stay till to-morrow;
Let not the country take too great a notice
Of these proceedings and strange breach: 'twill be
Nothing but a dishonour to you both.
Pray, sir, consent: give me your hand, Sir Argent.
Sir Arg. At your entreaty, sir, I'll stay till morning.
Free. Before that time, you may consider better. [Exeunt.
FOOTNOTES:
[18] [A MS. note in one of the former edits. says: "This sudden and total change, unnatural as it is, is one of the characteristics of the old plays.">[