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No earthly man but one could to thy ear What thou reveal'st convey, and he's far distant.

Not far distant, Maurice. We shall know presently what all those juggling deceptions of yours will produce. Thou hast trained thy actors to admiration. But honesty is the best policy after all; this good saying I have always maintained.

As far as words will go, sapient Sir; and the fate of thy last night's treachery has confirmed it. A laudable consistency of character, when both words and actions teach the same lesson.

They are long of coming to a decision.

Nay, they have consulted but a little while.

I have sat on that bench a long time.