_Dap._ My astonishment was as great as yours to see her go away again; I would have stayed her if I could. _Ran._ Yet again talking of a woman you met going out, when I talk of Christina! _Dap._ I talk of Christina too. _Ran._ She went out just now; the woman you found me with was she. _Dap._ That was not the Christina I brought just now. _Ran._ You brought her almost half an hour ago;--'sdeath, will you give me the lie? _Dap._ A lady disappointed by her gallant, the night before her journey, could not be more touchy with her maid or husband, than you are with me now after your disappointment; but if you thank me so, I'll go serve myself hereafter. For aught I know, I have disappointed Mrs. Martha for you, and may lose thirty thousand pounds by the bargain. Farewell! a raving lover is fit for solitude. [_Exit._ _Ran._ Lydia, triumph! I now am thine again. Of intrigues, honourable or dishonourable, and all sorts of rambling, I take my leave; when we are giddy, 'tis time to stand still. Why should we be so fond of the by-paths of love, where we are still waylaid with surprises, trepans, dangers, and murdering disappointments?-- Just as at blindman's buff we run at all, Whilst those that lead us laugh to see us fall; And when we think we hold the lady fast, We find it but her scarf, or veil, at last. [_Exit._ ACT THE FIFTH. SCENE I.--_St. James's Park._ _Enter_ DAPPERWIT _and_ Sir SIMON ADDLEPLOT, _the latter leading_ Mrs. MARTHA. _Sir Sim._ At length you see I have freed the captive lady for her longing knight, Mr. Dapperwit:--who brings off a plot cleverly now? _Dap._ I wish our poets were half so good at it.--Mrs. Martha, a thousand welcomes! [DAPPERWIT _kisses and embraces_ Mrs. MARTHA. _Sir Sim._ Hold, hold, sir: your joy is a little too familiar, faith and troth! _Dap._ Will you not let me salute Mrs. Martha? _Mrs. Mar._ What, Jonas, do you think I do not know good breeding? must I be taught by you? _Sir Sim._ I would have kept the maidenhead of your lips for your sweet knight, Mrs. Martha, that's all; I dare swear you never kissed any man before but your father. _Mrs. Mar._ My sweet knight, if he will be knight of mine, must be contented with what he finds, as well as other knights. _Sir Sim._ So smart already, faith and troth! _Mrs. Mar._ Dear Mr. Dapperwit I am overjoyed to see you; but I thank honest Jonas for't. [_She hugs_ DAPPERWIT. _Sir Sim._ [_Aside._] How she hugs him! _Mrs. Mar._ Poor Mr. Dapperwit, I thought I should never have seen you again; but I thank honest Jonas there-- _Sir Sim._ Do not thank me, Mrs. Martha, any more than I thank you. _Mrs. Mar._ I would not be ungrateful, Jonas. _Sir Sim._ Then reserve your kindness only for your worthy, noble, brave, heroic knight, who loves you only, and only deserves your kindness.