His wife hath frequently assured me so, and to confirm her evidence I have about me a certain villainous thirst that did plague Sir Edward sorely in his lifetime and came to me with his other chattels. The property I have expended long since; but no Jew will advance me a maravedi on the Falstaff thirst. It is a priceless commodity, not to be bought or sold; you might as soon quench it.
LADY SYLVIA
I would not have known you, but, I have not seen you these forty years.
FALSTAFF
Faith, Madam, the great pilferer Time hath taken away a little from my hair, and somewhat added—saving your presence—to my belly; and my face hath not been improved by being the grindstone for some hundred swords. But I do not know you.
LADY SYLVIA
I am Sylvia Vernon. And once years ago I was Sylvia Darke.
FALSTAFF
I remember. (His voice changes, he also loses his strut as he hands Lady Sylvia to the great chair.)
LADY SYLVIA