I thank you, Sir John, with all my heart. I am indebted to you for your last sermon. By next week, I'll be able to pay you.
PRIEST
I'll wait upon your Lordship
PRIEST
I'll come to you, your Lordship.
HASTINGS whispers in his ear.
HASTINGS whispers in his ear.
Exit PRIEST
The PRIEST exits.
Enter BUCKINGHAM
BUCKINGHAM enters.
BUCKINGHAM
110
What, talking with a priest, Lord Chamberlain?
Your friends at Pomfret, they do need the priest;
Your Honor hath no shriving work in hand.
BUCKINGHAM
What, talking with a priest, Hastings? Your friends at Pomfret, they're the ones who need a priest. You, on the other hand, don't have any confessions you have to make.
HASTINGS
Good faith, and when I met this holy man,
The men you talk of came into my mind.
115
What, go you toward the Tower?
HASTINGS
When I ran into this holy man, those men you mentioned did come to mind, in fact. Are you headed to the Tower?
BUCKINGHAM
I do, my lord, but long I shall not stay there.
I shall return before your Lordship thence.
BUCKINGHAM
I am, my lord. But I won't be there for long. I'll be off before you are.
HASTINGS
Nay, like enough, for I stay dinner there.
HASTINGS
Yes, probably, because I'm staying for lunch.
BUCKINGHAM
(aside) And supper too, although thou know'st it not.—
120
Come, will you go?
BUCKINGHAM
(to himself) And for dinner, too, though you don't know it. (to HASTINGS) Come, are you going?
