+Don F.+ Be not o'erwise, I prythee. I will know What 'tis, since you have raised curiosity By such grimaces.
+Fab.+ You must be obey'd; but pray remember, sir, If afterwards I am call'd fool for my pains, Who made me so: but since I do not only Expect the fool, but ready to be thought A madman too, ere I have done my story, In this I will be wilful, not to tell it Till y' are abed, that I may run away-- So if you long to hear it, hasten thither. [_Exit +Fabio+, as to the chamber within._
+Don F.+ Content, i'faith; you ask no great compliance. [_Exit._
_Scene changes to the room in +Zancho's+ house. Enter +Don Zancho+; and +Chichon+, as at home, halting._
+Don Z.+ We're well come off from danger; would we were But half as well from Blanca's jealousy.
+Chi.+ Speak for yourself; I never came off worse. A pox upon your venery, it has made me Another Vulcan. [_He halts about, grumbling._
+Don Z.+ Go, rest to-night, or grumble, as you please; But do not think limping will serve your turn To-morrow: faith, I'll make you stir your stumps. Think you a lover of my temper likely To sit down by it so?
+Chi.+ I'm sure I am only fit to sit down by it, Since I can hardly stand.
[_He makes as if he would sit down, and +Don Zancho+ giving him a kick on the breech._
+Chi.+ To-night's to-night: to-morrow's a new day.[13] [_Exeunt._
[11] See an early note to "The Adventures of Five Hours" in the present volume.
[12] [_i.e._, In a snare. See Hazlitt's "Proverbs," 1869, p. 200, where it is shown that the earlier phrase is _Cob's pound_.]
_Enter +Don Fernando+ and +Fabio,+ as in the room in the inn._
+Don F.+ Are all things ready, Fabio, in case Don Julio, when he comes, conclude with me That I should be gone presently?
+Fab.+ Horses stand ready for you at the posthouse.
+Don F.+ 'Tis well; attend without. [_Exit +Fabio+._
I see you sleep not in your friend's concerns, You are so early; and since so, the sooner We fix a resolution, certainly 'Twill be the better. 'Twas no small point gain'd, To frustrate for a night Don Pedro's aims, As Fabio tells me you have done; for he Ne'er quitted him an inch last night, until He had harboured him.
+Don F.+ That he has, And (which is more considerable) taken one Close by your house, which evidences clearly, Where his suspicions lie: that being so, I'm confident you'll be of my opinion For my dislodging from Valencia Immediately; for, Elvira being Already so well settled, nothing can So much endanger her discovery As my remaining longer in these parts.