If I hear no news of it, I will come soon here[280] again.
Hodge. Tarry so much, good Master Doctor, of your gentleness.
Doctor Rat. Then let us hie inward, and, Diccon, speed thy business.
Diccon. Now, sirs, do you no more, but keep my counsel just,
And Doctor Rat shall thus catch some good, I trust;
But mother Chat, my gossip, talk first withal I must,
For she must be chief captain to lay the Rat in the dust. [Aside. Exit.
Good even,[281] dame Chat, in faith, and well-met in this place.
Chat. Good even, my friend Diccon, whither walk ye this pace?
Diccon. By my truth, even to you, to learn how the world goeth.