Drear doth the future stretch before my soul.
(Enter Strader, left.)
Hilary:
Dear Strader, I have long expected thee.
As things are now it seems advisable
To spend the present time in serious talk
And later on, decide what we shall do.
My dear old friend hath just confessed to me
That he can not approve what we have planned.
So let us now hear counsel from the man