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Davenant [still striving to separate them.
Suppose the watch should hear you!
[There comes a knock on the door.
Suppose the watch should hear you! Some one knocks.
[The knocking is repeated, louder than before.
In heaven's name, my lords!
[They continue to fight.
In heaven's name, my lords! In the King's name!
[The two lords pause and lower their swords.—Another knock.
All 's lost! Some one has called the guard, perchance.

[They sheathe their swords, pull their broad-brimmed hats over their eyes, and wrap themselves in their cloaks. The knocking is renewed. Davenant opens the door.

Scene 5.—The Same; Carr in the regulation costume of a Roundhead.

[He halts gravely on the threshold, and salutes the three Cavaliers with his hand, without removing his hat.

Carr.Is this the place appointed for the saints
To meet, my brethren?
Davenant [returning his salutation.] To meet,… Even so.
[To Lord Ormond, in an undertone.] To meet,… Even so. 'Tis thus
That these damned Puritans do name themselves.
[Aloud, to Carr.
Welcome to this conventicle, my brother.
[Carr walks slowly toward them.
Ormond [to Lord Rochester, in an undertone.
Our bellicose outbreak was most absurd.
Let us stop here. I gave the first offence.