LEL. Lack-a day! how easy it is for you to condemn things of which you
do not feel the enchanting cause. In order to humour you for once I
have, nevertheless, a good mind to put a restraint upon that love which
sways me. Henceforth...
SCENE VI.--TRUFALDIN, LELIO, MASCARILLE.
MASC. We were speaking about your son's adventures.
TRUF. (_To Lelio_). You did quite right. Will you do me the favour
of letting me have one word in private with him?
LEL. I should be very rude if I did not. (_Lelio goes into Trufaldin's
House_).
SCENE VII.--TRUFALDIN, MASCARILLE.
TRUF. Hark ye! do you know what I have just been doing?
MASC. No, but if you think it proper, I shall certainly not remain long
in ignorance.
TRUF. I have just now cut off from a large and sturdy oak, of about two
hundred years old, an admirable branch, selected on purpose, of
tolerable thickness, of which immediately, upon the spot, I made a
cudgel, about ... yes, of this size (_showing his arm_); not so
thick at one end as at the other, but fitter, I imagine, than thirty
switches to belabour the shoulders withal; for it is well poised, green,
knotty, and heavy.
MASC. But, pray, for whom is all this preparation?
TRUF.
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