" But he shall,
for all the having of riches and worldly substance, so avoid his
snares and temptations, that he shall in conclusion, by the great
grace and almighty mercy of God, get into heaven well enough.
And now was I, cousin, after this piece thus ended, about to bid
them bring in our dinner. But now shall I not need to, lo, for
here they come with it already.
VINCENT: Forsooth, good uncle, God disposeth and timeth your
matter and your dinner both, I trust. For the end of your good
tale--for which our Lord reward you!--and the beginning here of
your good dinner too (from which it would be more than pity that
you should any longer have tarried) meet even at the close
together.
ANTHONY: Well, cousin, now will we say grace. And then for a
while will we leave talking and essay how our dinner shall please
us, and how fair we can fall to feeding. After that, you know my
customary guise (for "manner" I cannot call it, because the guise
is unmannerly) to bid you not farewell but steal away from you to
sleep. But you know I am not wont to sleep long in the afternoon,
but even a little to forget the world. And when I wake, I will
again come to you. And then is, God willing, all this long day
ours, in which we shall have time enough to talk much more than
shall suffice for the finishing of this one part of our matter
that now alone remaineth.
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