Par. I perceive a bustle,

And running to and fro.—Come this way, Sir!

—To the door!—nearer still!—There, there, d’ye hear?

Noise continues.

Pam. Peace; hush! (Shriek within.) Oh Jupiter, I heard

a shriek!

Par. You talk yourself, and bid me hold my tongue.

Myrrhina (within). Hush, my dear child, for Heaven’s sake!

Pam. It seem’d

The voice of my wife’s mother. I am ruin’d!