u mistake.

_Cam._ Speak to Benito in time, Aurelian.

_Aur._ The devil's in him; he's running down-hill full speed, and
there's no stopping him.

_Mar._ My nieces?

_Ben._ Your nieces? Why, do you doubt it? I praise heaven I never met
but with two half-wits in my life, and my master's one of them; I will
not name the other at this time.

_Duke._ I say, they are not they.

_Ben._ I am sure they are Laura and Violetta; and that those two
rogues were running away with them, and that, I believe, with their
consent.

_Vio._ Sister, 'tis in vain to deny ourselves; you see our ill fortune
pursues us unavoidably. [_Turning up her mask._] Yes, sir, we are
Laura and Violetta, whom you have made unhappy by your tyranny.

_Lau._ [_Turning up her mask._] And these two gentlemen are no
ravishers, but--

_Ben._ How, no ravishers? Yes, to my knowledge they are--[_As he
speaks,_ AURELIAN _pulls off his mask._] No ravishers, as madam Laura
was saying; but two as honest gentlemen as e'er broke bread. My own
dear master, and so forth! [_Runs to_ AUR. _who thrusts him back._

_Enter_ VALERIO, _and whispers the Duke, giving him a paper; which
he reads, and seems pleased._

_Mar._ Aurelian and Camillo! I'll see you in safe custody; and, for
these fugitives, go, carry them to my sister, and desire her to have a
better care of her kinswomen.

_Vio._ We shall live yet to make you refund our portions. Farewell,
Camillo; comfort yourself; remember there's but a wall betwixt us.

_Lau._ And I'll cut through that wall with vinegar, but I'll come to
you, Aurelian.

_Aur._ I'll cut through the grates with aquafortis, but I'll meet you.
Think of these things, and despair, and die, old gentleman.
[AURELIAN _and_ CAMILLO _are carried off on
one side, and_ LAURA _and_ VIOLETTA _on
the other._

_Ben._ All things go cross to men of sense: Would I had been born with
the brains of a shop-keeper, that I might have thriven without knowing
why I did so. Now, must I follow my master to the prison, and, like an
ignorant customer that comes to buy, must offer him my backside, tell
him I trust to his honesty, and desire him to please himself, and so
be satisfied. [_Exit._

_Duke._ [_To_ VAL.] I am overjoyed; I'll see her immediately: Now my
business with Don Mario is at an end, I need not desire his company