will secure thy fidelity to him, and give my honour never to own any
discovery that you shall make me. Can you give me a demonstrative
proof? Speak.

MASK. I wish I could not. To be plain, my lord, I intended this
evening to have tried all arguments to dissuade him from a design
which I suspect; and if I had not succeeded, to have informed your
lordship of what I knew.

LORD TOUCH. I thank you. What is the villain's purpose?

MASK. He has owned nothing to me of late, and what I mean now, is
only a bare suspicion of my own. If your lordship will meet me a
quarter of an hour hence there, in that lobby by my lady's bed-
chamber, I shall be able to tell you more.

LORD TOUCH. I will.

MASK. My duty to your lordship makes me do a severe piece of
justice.

LORD TOUCH. I will be secret, and reward your honesty beyond your
hopes.


SCENE XV.


Scene opening, shows Lady Touchwood's chamber.