WOFF. Some of us did not look for you at all.
MABEL. What! Ernest did not tell you he expected me?
WOFF. No; he told us the entertainment was in honor of a lady’s first visit to his house; but he did not tell us that lady was his wife.
VANE (aside to Woff.). Spare her!
WOFF. (aside to Vane). Have you spared me?
POM. No doubt he wished to procure us that agreeable surprise, which you have procured him.
SNARL. And which he evidently enjoys so much.
SOAP. Oh, evidently.
[Cibber, Snarl, and Soaper, laugh, aside.
VANE. You had better retire, Mabel, and change your travelling dress.