_Mill._ Where are they laid? _Sir John._ In the portmanteau in the drawing-room. [_Is going to the door._ _Mill._ Pray stay a little, sir. _Warn._ [_At the door_.] He must pass just by me; and, if he sees me, I am but a dead man. _Sir John._ Why are you thus concerned? why do you hold me? _Mill._ Only a word or two I have to tell you. 'Tis of importance to you. _Sir John._ Give me leave-- _Mill._ I must not, before I discover the plot to you. _Sir John._ What plot? _Mill._ Sir Martin's servant, like a rogue, comes hither to tempt me from his master, to have met him. _Warn._ [_At the door_.] Now, would I had a good bag of gunpowder at my breech, to ram me into some hole! _Mill._ For my part, I was so startled at the message, that I shall scarcely be myself these two days. _Sir John._ Oh that I had the rascal! I would teach him to come upon such errands. _Warn._ Oh for a gentle composition, now! An arm or leg I would give willingly. _Sir John._ What answer did you make the villain? _Mill._ I over-reached him clearly, by a promise of an appointment of a place I named, where I never meant to come: But would have had the pleasure, first, to tell you how I served him. _Sir John._ And then to chide your mean suspicion of me; indeed I wondered you should love a fool. But where did you appoint to meet him? _Mill._ In Grays-Inn walks. _Warn._ By this light, she has put the change upon him! O sweet womankind, how I love thee for that heavenly gift of lying! _Sir John._ For this evening I will be his mistress; he shall meet another Penelope than he suspects. _Mill._ But stay not long away. _Sir John._ You overjoy me, madam. [_Exit._ _Warn._ [_Entering_.] Is he gone, madam? _Mill._ As far as Grays-Inn walks: Now I have time to walk the other way, and see thy master. _Warn._ Rather let him come hither: I have laid a plot, shall send his rival far enough from watching him, ere long. _Mill._ Art thou in earnest? _Warn._ 'Tis so designed, fate cannot hinder it. Our landlord, where we lie, vexed that his lodgings should be so left by Sir John, is resolved to be revenged, and I have found the way. You'll see the effects on't presently. _Rose._ O heavens! the door opens again, and Sir John is returned once more. _Enter Sir_ JOHN. _Sir John._ Half my business was forgot; you did not tell me when you were to meet him. Ho! what makes this rascal here? _Warn._ 'Tis well you're come, sir, else I must have left untold a message I have for you. _Sir John._ Well, what's your business, sirrah? _Warn._ We must be private first; 'tis only for your ear. _Rose._ I shall admire his wit, if in this plunge he can get off. _Warn._ I came hither, sir, by my master's order,---- _Sir John._ I'll reward you for it, sirrah, immediately.