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Dame Guggligoy [aside.] …goy. 'Tis overpowering!
In sooth, would not one say he loved me well?
Rochester [aside.
She'd like a husband! I do pity him!
But, to be flattered, she will e'en remain,
The stubborn fool, whose like in Spain alone
Is found, the land of mules and of duennas!
Dame Guggligoy.⁠Good sir, you seem to be a man of taste;
Pray tell me—
Rochester [aside.]⁠What, again! My blood is boiling!
Dame Guggligoy [pointing to Frances.
Wherein such giddy-heads have power to charm?
Rochester.⁠Why—
Dame Guggligoy. Why—What in them your passions doth arouse?
How do the airs and graces of such chits
Attract you?
Rochester [aside.] …you? On my word! and with her skin,
The colour of a Chinese mandarin's!
Dame Guggligoy.⁠Youth—that they have, 'tis true; but, when all's said,
'Tis but the beauty of the devil.
Rochester [aside.] 'Tis but the beauty of the devil. Ay
And thou his ugliness. Deuce take the hag!
O Heaven! how can I best be rid of her?
[Aloud.]⁠Leave me to talk with Frances for a space.
After that interview, my rosebud dear,
My knightly faith doth something promise you;
Ay, something—something you do not suspect!
[Aside.
Free entrance into Bedlam.
Dame Guggligoy. Free entrance into Bedlam. Be it so.
I will remain near by.