"In the devil's name, tell me what you will do.

Can I not beg you to go ?" "Now, Sir John, you have touched me.

I make you this offer: you expect Mistress Vernon to come from the Hall--" "What do you know about Mistress Vernon ?" cried John.

"By God, I will--" "Now don't grow angry, Sir John, and please don't swear in my presence.
You expect her, I say, to come from the Hall.

What I propose is this: you shall stand by the gate and watch for Doll--oh, I mean Mistress Vernon--and I will stand here behind the wall where she cannot see me.
When she comes in sight--though in truth I don't think she will come, and I believe were she under your very nose you would not see her--you shall tell me and I will leave at once; that is, if you wish me to leave.