...
MASC. O, pray, don't.
[Footnote: Compare in Shakspeare's _Winter's Tale_ Autolyeus'
answer to Camillo (Act IV., Scene 3), who gives him money, "I am a poor
fellow, sir, ... I cannot with conscience take it."]
ANS. Permit me....
MASC. I won't, indeed: I do not act thus for the sake of money.
ANS. I know you do not. But however...
MASC. No, Anselmo, I will not. I am a man of honour; this offends me.
ANS. Farewell then, Mascarille.
MASC. (_Aside_). How long-winded he is!
ANS. (_Coming back_). I wish you to carry a present to the fair
object of my desires. I will give you some money to buy her a ring, or
any other trifle, as you may think will please her most.
MASC. No, there is no need of your money; without troubling yourself, I
will make her a present; a fashionable ring has been left in my hands,
which you may pay for afterwards, if it fits her.
ANS. Be it so; give it her in my name; but above all, manage matters in
such a manner that she may still desire to make me her own.
SCENE VII.--LELIO, ANSELMO, MASCARILLE.
LEL. (_Taking up the purse_). Whose purse is this?
[Footnote: During the whole of the preceding scene Mascarille has
quietly kicked the purse away, so as to be out of sight of Anselmo,
intending to pick it up when the latter has gone.
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