_Lyd._ But he does not hear, you see; let us go a little nearer. _Vin._ Sure it is Ranger! _Val._ As sure as the woman that follows him closest is Christina. _Vin._ For shame! talk not of Christina; I left her just now at home, surrounded with so many fears and griefs she could not stir. _Val._ She is come, it may be, to divert them here in the Park; I'm sure 'tis she. _Vin._ When the moon, at this instant, scarce affords light enough to distinguish a man from a tree, how can you know her? _Val._ How can you know Ranger, then? _Vin._ I heard him speak. _Val._ So you may her too, I'll secure you, if you will draw but a little nearer; she came, doubtless, to no other end but to speak with him: observe-- _Chris._ [_To_ RANGER.] Sir, I have followed you hitherto; but now, I must desire you to follow me out of the company; for I would not be overheard nor disturbed. _Ran._ Ha! is not this Christina's voice? it is, I am sure; I cannot be deceived now.--Dear madam-- _Vin._ It is she indeed. [_Apart to_ VALENTINE. _Val._ Is it so? _Chris._ Come, sir--[_To_ RANGER. _Val._ Nay, I'll follow you too, though not invited. [_Aside._ _Lyd._ I must not, cannot stay behind. [_Aside._ [_They all go off together hastily._ _Re-enter_ CHRISTINA, ISABEL, _and_ VALENTINE _on the other side._ _Chris._ Come along, sir. _Val._ So! I must stick to her when all is done; her new servant has lost her in the crowd, she has gone too fast for him; so much my revenge is swifter than his love. Now shall I not only have the deserted lover's revenge, of disappointing her of her new man, but an opportunity infallibly at once to discover her falseness, and confront her impudence. [_Aside._ _Chris._ Pray come along, sir, I am in haste. _Val._ So eager, indeed!--I wish that cloud may yet withhold the moon, that this false woman may not discover me before I do her. [_Aside._ _Chris._ Here no one can hear us, and I'm sure we cannot see one another. _Val._ 'Sdeath! what have I giddily run myself upon? 'Tis rather a trial of myself than her;--I cannot undergo it. [_Aside._ _Chris._ Come nearer, sir. _Val._ Hell and vengeance! I cannot suffer it--I cannot. [_Aside._ _Chris._ Come, come; yet nearer,--pray come nearer. _Val._ It is impossible! I cannot hold! I must discover myself, rather than her infamy. [_Aside._ _Chris._ You are conscious, it seems, of the wrong you have done me, and are ashamed, though in the dark. [_Speaks, walking slowly._ _Val._ How's this! [_Aside._ _Chris._ I'm glad to find it so; for all my business with you is, to show you your late mistakes, and force a confession from you of those unmannerly injuries you have done me. _Val._ What! I think she's honest; or does she know me?--sure she cannot. [_Aside._ _Chris._ First, your intrusion, last night, into my lodging; which, I suppose, has begot your other gross mistakes. _Val._ No, she takes me for Ranger, I see again. [_Aside._