So does a clerk dress, Julia!--mind his hose -
They're very like a clerk's! a diamond loop
And button, note you, for his clerkship's hat, -
O, certainly a clerk! A velvet cloak,
Jerkin of silk, and doublet of the same, -
For all the world a clerk! See, Julia, see,
How Master Walter bows, and yields him place,
That he may first go in--a very clerk!
I'll learn of thee, love, when I'd know a clerk!

Julia. I wonder who he is!

Helen. Wouldst like to know?
Wouldst for a fancy ride to town with him?
I prophesy he comes to take thee thither!

Julia. He ne'er takes me to town! No, Helen, no!
To town who will, a country life for me!

Helen. We'll see!

[Enter FATHOM.]

Fath. You're wanted, madam.

Julia. [Embarrassed.] Which of us?

Fath. You, madam.

Helen. Julia! what's the matter? Nay,