[60] Duch. Yes, my good lord, I’ll follow presently. [Exeunt Gloucester and Messenger.
Follow I must; I cannot go before,
While Gloucester bears this base and humble mind.
Were I a man, a duke, and next of blood,
I would remove these tedious stumbling-blocks
65 And smooth my way upon their headless necks;
And, being a woman, I will not be slack
To play my part in Fortune’s pageant.
[♦] Where are you there? Sir John! nay, fear not, man,
[♦] We are alone; here’s none but thee and I.