Corbaccio will arrive straight, with the Will;
When he is gone, I’ll tell you more.
[Exit.
Volp. My blood,
My spirits are return’d; I am alive:
And, like your wanton gamester at primero,
Whose thought
had whisper’d to him, not go less,
Methinks I lie, and draw—for an encounter.
[The scene closes upon Volpone.
Scene II.—The Passage leading to Volpone’s Chamber.
Enter Mosca and Bonario.
Mos. Sir, here conceal’d, [shews him a closet.] you may hear all.
But, pray you,
Have patience, sir; [knocking
within.]—the same’s your father
knocks:
I am compell’d to leave you.
[Exit.
Bon. Do so.—Yet
Cannot my thought imagine this a truth.
[Goes into the closet.
Scene III.—Another Part of the same.
Enter Mosca and Corvino, Cella following.
Mos. Death on me! you are come too soon, what meant you?
Did not I say, I would send?
Corv. Yes, but I fear’d
Mos. Prevent! did e’er man haste so, for his horns?
A courtier would not ply it so, for a place.
[Aside.
I’ll presently return.
[Exit.
Corv. Where are you, Celia?
You know not wherefore I have brought you hither?
Cel. Not well, except you told me.
Corv. Now, I will:
Hark hither.
[Exeunt.
Scene IV.—A Closet opening into a Gallery.
Enter Mosca and Bonario.
Mos. Sir, your father hath sent word,
It will be half an hour ere he come;
And therefore, if you please to
walk the while
Into that gallery—at the upper end,
There are some books to entertain the time:
And I’ll
take care no man shall come unto you, sir.