MEL. Like any two guardians to an orphan heiress. Well?

MASK. And whereas pleasure is generally paid with mischief, what
mischief I do is to be paid with pleasure.

MEL. So when you've swallowed the potion you sweeten your mouth
with a plum.

MASK. You are merry, sir, but I shall probe your constitution. In
short, the price of your banishment is to be paid with the person of
-

MEL. Of Cynthia and her fortune. Why, you forget you told me this
before.

MASK. No, no. So far you are right; and I am, as an earnest of
that bargain, to have full and free possession of the person of--
your aunt.

MEL. Ha! Pho, you trifle.

MASK. By this light, I'm serious; all raillery apart. I knew
'twould stun you. This evening at eight she will receive me in her
bedchamber.

MEL. Hell and the devil, is she abandoned of all grace? Why, the
woman is possessed.

MASK. Well, will you go in my stead?