‘I took no more pains for those thanks than you took pains to thank me;’ that’s as much as to say, Any pains that I take for you is as easy as thanks.
BENE.
Ha! ‘Against my will I am sent to bid you come in to dinner;’ there’s a double meaning in that. ‘I took no more pains for those thanks than you took pains to thank me;’ that’s as much as to say, Any pains that I take for you is as easy as thanks. If I do not take pity of her, I am a villain; if I do not love her, I am a Jew. I will go get her picture. [Exit. ]
