_Val._ You are as unmerciful as the physician who with new arts keeps his miserable patient alive and in hopes, when he knows the disease is incurable. _Vin._ And you, like the melancholy patient, mistrust and hate your physician, because he will not comply with your despair: but I'll cure your jealousy now. _Val._ You know, all diseases grow worse by relapses. _Vin._ Trust me once more. _Val._ Well, you may try your experiments upon me. _Vin._ Just as I shut the door upon you, the woman Ranger expected came up stairs; but finding another woman in discourse with him, went down again; I suppose, as jealous of him, as you of Christina. _Val._ How does it appear she came to Ranger? _Vin._ Thus: Dapperwit came up after he had brought her, just then, in a chair from St. James's by Ranger's appointment; and it is certain your Christina came to you. _Val._ How can that be? for she knew not I was in the kingdom. _Vin._ My man confesses, when I sent him to inquire of her woman about her lady's being here in the Park last night, he told her you were come; and she, it seems, told her mistress. _Val._ [_Aside._] That might be.--[_Aloud._] But did not Christina confess, Ranger was in her lodging last night? _Vin._ By intrusion, which she had more particularly informed me of, if her apprehensions of your danger had not posted me after you; she not having yet (as I suppose) heard of Clerimont's recovery. I left her, poor creature! at home, distracted with a thousand fears for your life and love. _Val._ Her love, I'm sure, has cost me more fears than my life; yet that little danger is not past (as you think) till the great one be over. _Vin._ Open but your eyes, and the fantastic goblin's vanished, and all your idle fears will turn to shame; for jealousy is the basest cowardice. _Val._ I had rather, indeed, blush for myself than her. _Vin._ I'm sure you will have more reason. But is not that Ranger there? _Enter_ RANGER, _followed by_ CHRISTINA _and_ ISABEL; _after them_ LYDIA _and_ LEONORE. _Val._ I think it is. _Vin._ I suppose his friend Dapperwit is not far off; I will examine them both before you, and not leave you so much as the shadow of doubt: Ranger's astonishment at my lodging confessed his mistake. _Val._ His astonishment might proceed from Christina's unexpected strangeness to him. _Vin._ He shall satisfy you now himself to the contrary, I warrant you; have but patience. _Val._ I had rather, indeed, he should satisfy my doubts than my revenge; therefore I can have patience. _Vin._ But what women are those that follow him? _Val._ Stay a little-- _Ran._ Lydia, Lydia--poor Lydia! _Lyd._ If she be my rival, 'tis some comfort yet to see her follow him, rather than he her. [_To_ LEONORE. _Leo._ But if you follow them a little longer, for your comfort you shall see them go hand in hand. _Chris._ Sir! sir!--[_To_ RANGER. _Leo._ She calls to him already.