_Mons._ Adieu then, dear pantaloon! dear belte! dear sword! dear peruke! and dear _chapeau retroussé_, and dear shoe, _jarni!_ adieu! adieu! adieu! _Hélas! hélas! hélas!_ will you have yet no pity? _Don._ I am a Spanish _positivo_, look you. _Mons._ And more cruel than de Spanish inquisitiono, to compel a man to a habit against his conscience; _hélas! hélas! hélas!_ [_Exit._ _Re-enter_ PRUE _with_ GERRARD. _Prue._ Here's the dancing-master, shall I call my mistress, sir? _Don._ Yes.--[_Exit_ PRUE.] O, you are as punctual as a Spaniard: I love your punctual men; nay, I think 'tis before your time something. _Ger._ Nay, I am resolved your daughter, sir, shall lose no time by my fault. _Don._ So, so, 'tis well. _Ger._ I were a very unworthy man, if I should not be punctual with her, sir. _Don._ You speak honestly, very honestly, friend; and I believe a very honest man, though a dancing-master. _Ger._ I am very glad you think me so, sir. _Don._ What, you are but a young man, are you married yet? _Ger._ No, sir; but I hope I shall, sir, very suddenly, if things hit right. _Don._ What, the old folks her friends are wary, and cannot agree with you so soon as the daughter can? _Ger._ Yes, sir, the father hinders it a little at present; but the daughter, I hope, is resolved, and then we shall do well enough. _Don._ What! you do not steal her, according to the laudable custom of some of your brother dancing-masters? _Ger._ No, no, sir; steal her, sir! steal her! you are pleased to be merry, sir, ha! ha! ha!--[_Aside._] I cannot but laugh at that question. _Don._ No, sir, methinks you are pleased to be merry, but you say the father does not consent? _Ger._ Not yet, sir; but 'twill be no matter whether he does or no. _Don._ Was she one of your scholars? if she were, 'tis a hundred to ten but you steal her. _Ger._ [_Aside._] I shall not be able to hold laughing. [_Laughs._ _Don._ Nay, nay, I find by your laughing you steal her: she was your scholar; was she not? _Ger._ Yes, sir, she was the first I ever had, and may be the last too; for she has a fortune (if I can get her) will keep me from teaching to dance any more. _Don._ So, so, then she is your scholar still it seems, and she has a good portion; I'm glad on't; nay, I knew you stole her. _Ger._ [_Aside._] My laughing may give him suspicions, yet I cannot hold. [_Laughs._ _Don._ What! you laugh, I warrant, to think how the young baggage and you will mump the poor old father! but if all her dependence for a fortune be upon the father, he may chance to mump you both and spoil the jest. _Ger._ I hope it will not be in his power, sir, ha! ha! ha!--[_Aside._] I shall laugh too much anon.--[_To_ Don DIEGO.] Pray, sir, be pleased to call for your daughter, I am impatient till she comes, for time was never more precious with me, and with her too; it ought to be so, sure, since you say she is to be married to-morrow.