_Before_ FERNANDO’S _house_.
_Enter_ LOUIS, DIEGO, _and Servant_.
LOUIS. Not yet come in, not yet?
SER. No, I'll assure your lordship; I've seldom known
him
Keep out so long; my lord usually observes
More seasonable hours.
LOUIS. What time of night is’t?
SER. On the stroke of three.
LOUIS. The stroke of three? ’tis wondrous strange!
Dost hear?——
SER. My lord?
LOUIS. Ere six I will be here again;
Tell thy lord so; ere six; ’a must not sleep;
Or if ’a do, I shall be bold to wake him:
Be sure thou tell’st him, do.
SER. My lord, I shall. [_Enters the house._
LOUIS. Diego,
Walk thou the street that leads about the Prado;
I'll round the west part of the city: meet me
At the Inquisition-chapel; if we miss him,
We’ll both back to his lodgings.[178]
DIEGO. At the chapel?
LOUIS. Ay, there we’ll meet.
DIEGO. Agreed, I this way.
[_Exit_ LOUIS:[179] _as_ DIEGO _is going out_,
_Enter_ JOHN _reading_.[180]
JOHN. She is not noble, true; wise nature meant
Affection should ennoble[181] her descent,
For love and beauty keep[182] as rich a seat
Of sweetness in the mean-born as the great.
I am resolv’d. [_Exit._
DIEGO. ’Tis Roderigo certainly,
Yet his voice makes me doubt; but I'll o’erhear him.
[_Exit._