i saw her but now, in conference with mirabell. with mirabell? you call the blood into my face with mentioning that creature. i sent her to negotiate an affair, in which if i'm detected, i'm undone. oh, madam, you cannot suspect mistress foible's integrity. oh, he carries poison in his tongue that would corrupt integrity itself. hark. i hear her. dear friend, dear marwood, retire into my closet, that i may dress with more freedom. you'll pardon me, dear friend, i can make bold with you. where hast thou been, foible? what hast thou been doing? madam, i have seen sir rowland. but what hast thou done? nay, 'tis your ladyship has done and are to do. i have only promised. a man so enamored, so transported. well, here it is, all that is left, all that is not kissed away. but hast thou not betrayed me, foible? hast thou not detected me to that faithless mirabell? so that devil has been beforehand with me. what shall i say? alas, madam, could i help it if i met that confident thing? or if you heard how he used me and all upon your ladyship's account, ay,