There are particular instances of imitation still more direct. Thus in
The Critic:
"Enter SIR WALTER RALEIGH and SIR CHRISTOPHER HATTON.
"Sir Christ. H. True, gallant Raleigh.—
"Dangle. What, had they been talking before?
"Puff. Oh yes, all the way as they came along."
In the same manner in The Rehearsal, where the Physician and Usher of the two Kings enter:—
"Phys. Sir, to conclude—
"Smith. What, before he begins?
"Bayes. No, Sir, you must know they had been talking of this a pretty while without.
"Smith. Where? in the tyring room?