CEL. There lies the difficulty.
MASC. (_Aside, looking at Lelio_). The deuce take this troublesome
fellow, who is always watching us.
CEL. I am going to teach you what you ought to do.
LEL. (_Joining them_). Mr. Trufaldin, give yourself no farther
uneasiness; it was purely in obedience to my orders that this trusty
servant came to visit you; I dispatched him to offer you my services,
and to speak to you concerning this young lady, whose liberty I am
willing to purchase before long, provided we two can agree about the
terms.
MASC. (_Aside_). Plague take the ass!
TRUF. Ho! ho! Which of the two am I to believe? This story contradicts
the former very much.
MASC. Sir, this gentleman is a little bit wrong in the upper story: did
you not know it?
TRUF. I know what I know, and begin to smell a rat. Get you in (_to
Celia_), and never take such a liberty again. As for you two, arrant
rogues, or I am much mistaken, if you wish to deceive me again, let your
stories be a little more in harmony.
SCENE V.--LELIO, MASCARILLE.
MASC. He is quite right. To speak plainly, I wish he had given us both a
sound cudgelling. What was the good of showing yourself, and, like a
Blunderer, coming and giving the lie to all that I had been saying?
LEL.
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