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Dame Guggligoy [aside.] …goy. 'Tis overpowering!
In sooth, would not one say he loved me well?
Rochester [aside.
She'd like a husband! I do pity him!
But, to be flattered, she will e'en remain,
The stubborn fool, whose like in Spain alone
Is found, the land of mules and of duennas!
Dame Guggligoy.Good sir, you seem to be a man of taste;
Pray tell me—
Rochester [aside.]What, again! My blood is boiling!
Dame Guggligoy [pointing to Frances.
Wherein such giddy-heads have power to charm?
Rochester.Why—
Dame Guggligoy. Why—What in them your passions doth arouse?
How do the airs and graces of such chits
Attract you?
Rochester [aside.] …you? On my word! and with her skin,
The colour of a Chinese mandarin's!
Dame Guggligoy.Youth—that they have, 'tis true; but, when all's said,
'Tis but the beauty of the devil.
Rochester [aside.] 'Tis but the beauty of the devil. Ay
And thou his ugliness. Deuce take the hag!
O Heaven! how can I best be rid of her?
[Aloud.]Leave me to talk with Frances for a space.
After that interview, my rosebud dear,
My knightly faith doth something promise you;
Ay, something—something you do not suspect!
[Aside.
Free entrance into Bedlam.
Dame Guggligoy. Free entrance into Bedlam. Be it so.
I will remain near by.