The poetical works of Robert Browning Book

Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Robert Browning, Vol. 4 Scene I. The interior of a lodge in Lord Tresham's park. Many Retainers crowded at the window, supposed to command a view of the entrance to his mansion. Gerard, the Warrener, his back to a table on which are flagons, etc. 1st Ret. Ay, do! push, friends, and then you '11 push down me! - What for? Does any hear a runner's foot Or a steed's trample or a coach-wheel's cry? Is the Earl come or his least poursuivant? But there's no breeding in a man of you Save Gerard yonder: here's a half-place yet, Old Gerard! Ger. Save your courtesies, my friend. Here is my place. 2nd Ret. Now, Gerard, out with it! What makes you sullen, this of all the days I' the year? To-day that young rich bountiful Handsome Earl Mertoun, whom alone they match With our Lord Tresham through the Country-side,