ADONIJAH. [Dryly.] Aye, two be quite sufficient.
BETTY. An thou sayest the word, they yet can beat as loud a retreat as an whole regiment.
ADONIJAH. Thou dost my meaning misconstrue.
BETTY. Construe it then, I prithee.
ADONIJAH. I came not here to vex——
BETTY. Then get thee hence. [He steps forward. Betty steps back.] But not behind me, Satan.
ADONIJAH. [Coming closer.] And yet thou driv'st me to it.
BETTY. [Backing off.] Indeed, thou hast a nature born to drive and not be driven.
ADONIJAH. [Highly complimented.] So be it, yet I scarce had hoped that thou would'st notice. [Advancing.] Born to drive, thou sayest, not be driven.
BETTY. [Retreating.] Thou hast said it, born to drive. But what to drive I have not said. That knowledge hath my father yet concealed.