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The Way of the World

by William Congreve

April, 1998 [Etext #1292

The !ro"et $%tenberg Etext of The Way of the World, by Congreve

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Thi' etext (a' prepared from the 1897 eth%en Co* edition

by avid !rie

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Thi' refletion moved me to de'ign 'ome harater' (hih 'ho%ld

appear ridi%lo%' not 'o m%h thro%gh a nat%ral folly (hih i'

inorrigible, and therefore not proper for the 'tageD a' thro%gh an

affeted (it a (it (hih, at the 'ame time that it i' affeted, i'

al'o fal'e* A' there i' 'ome diffi%lty in the formation of a

harater of thi' nat%re, 'o there i' 'ome ha+ard (hih attend' the

progre'' of it' '%e'' %pon the 'tage for many ome to a play 'o

overharged (ith ritii'm, that they very often let fly their

en'%re, (hen thro%gh their ra'hne'' they have mi'taen their aim*

Thi' - had oa'ion lately to ob'erve for thi' play had been ated

t(o or three day' before 'ome of the'e ha'ty "%dge' o%ld find the

lei'%re to di'ting%i'h bet(ixt the harater of a Wit(o%d and a

Tr%e(it*

- m%'t beg yo%r lord'hip@' pardon for thi' digre''ion from the tr%e

o%r'e of thi' epi'tle? b%t that it may not 'eem altogether

impertinent, - beg that - may plead the oa'ion of it, in part of

that ex%'e of (hih - 'tand in need, for reommending thi' omedy

to yo%r protetion* -t i' only by the o%ntenane of yo%r lord'hip,

and the >EW 'o F%alified, that '%h (ho (rite (ith are and pain'

an hope to be di'ting%i'hed for the pro'tit%ted name of poetpromi'%o%'ly level' all that bear it*

Terene, the mo't orret (riter in the (orld, had a 0ipio and a

6eli%', if not to a''i't him, at lea't to '%pport him in hi'

rep%tation* And not(ith'tanding hi' extraordinary merit, it may be

their o%ntenane (a' not more than nee''ary*

The p%rity of hi' 'tyle, the deliay of hi' t%rn', and the "%'tne''

of hi' harater', (ere all of them bea%tie' (hih the greater part

of hi' a%diene (ere inapable of ta'ting* 0ome of the oar'e't

'troe' of !la%t%', 'o 'everely en'%red by ;orae, (ere more liely

to affet the m%ltit%de? '%h, (ho ome (ith expetation to la%gh at

the la't at of a play, and are better entertained (ith t(o or three

%n'ea'onable "e't' than (ith the artf%l 'ol%tion of the fable*

A' Terene exelled in hi' performane', 'o had he great advantage'

to eno%rage hi' %ndertaing', for he b%ilt mo't on the fo%ndation'

of enander hi' plot' (ere generally modelled, and hi' harater'

ready dra(n to hi' hand* ;e opied enander? and enander had no

le'' light in the formation of hi' harater' from the ob'ervation'

of Theophra't%', of (hom he (a' a di'iple? and Theophra't%', it i'

no(n, (a' not only the di'iple, b%t the immediate '%e''or of

Ari'totle, the fir't and greate't "%dge of poetry* The'e (ere great

model' to de'ign by? and the f%rther advantage (hih Terene

po''e''ed to(ard' giving hi' play' the d%e ornament' of p%rity of

'tyle, and "%'tne'' of manner', (a' not le'' on'iderable from the

freedom of onver'ation (hih (a' permitted him (ith 6eli%' and0ipio, t(o of the greate't and mo't polite men of hi' age* And,

indeed, the privilege of '%h a onver'ation i' the only ertain

mean' of attaining to the perfetion of dialog%e*

-f it ha' happened in any part of thi' omedy that - have gained a

t%rn of 'tyle or expre''ion more orret, or at lea't more

orrigible, than in tho'e (hih - have formerly (ritten, - m%'t,

(ith eF%al pride and gratit%de, a'ribe it to the hono%r of yo%r

lord'hip@' admitting me into yo%r onver'ation, and that of a


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'oiety (here everybody el'e (a' 'o (ell (orthy of yo%, in yo%r

retirement la't '%mmer from the to(n for it (a' immediately after,

that thi' omedy (a' (ritten* -f - have failed in my performane,

it i' only to be regretted, (here there (ere 'o many not inferior

either to a 0ipio or a 6eli%', that there 'ho%ld be one (anting

eF%al in apaity to a Terene*

-f - am not mi'taen, poetry i' almo't the only art (hih ha' not

yet laid laim to yo%r lord'hip@' patronage* Arhitet%re and

painting, to the great hono%r of o%r o%ntry, have flo%ri'hed %nder

yo%r infl%ene and protetion* -n the meantime, poetry, the elde't

'i'ter of all art', and parent of mo't, 'eem' to have re'igned her

birthright, by having negleted to pay her d%ty to yo%r lord'hip,

and by permitting other' of a later extration to prepo''e'' that

plae in yo%r e'teem, to (hih none an pretend a better title*

!oetry, in it' nat%re, i' 'ared to the good and great the

relation bet(een them i' reiproal, and they are ever propitio%' to

it* -t i' the privilege of poetry to addre'' them, and it i' their

prerogative alone to give it protetion*

Thi' reeived maxim i' a general apology for all (riter' (hoon'erate their labo%r' to great men b%t - o%ld (i'h, at thi'

time, that thi' addre'' (ere exempted from the ommon pretene of

all dediation'? and that a' - an di'ting%i'h yo%r lord'hip even

among the mo't de'erving, 'o thi' offering might beome remarable

by 'ome parti%lar in'tane of re'pet, (hih 'ho%ld a''%re yo%r

lord'hip that - am, (ith all d%e 'en'e of yo%r extreme (orthine''

and h%manity, my lord, yo%r lord'hip@' mo't obedient and mo't

obliged h%mble 'ervant,

W-66* C./$4E5E*

!4.6.$E::0poen by r* 3etterton*

.f tho'e fe( fool', (ho (ith ill 'tar' are %r't,

0%re 'ribbling fool', alled poet', fare the (or't

>or they@re a 'ort of fool' (hih fort%ne mae',

And, after 'he ha' made @em fool', for'ae'*

With /at%re@' oaf' @ti' F%ite a diff@rent a'e,

>or >ort%ne favo%r' all her idiot rae*

-n her o(n ne't the %oo egg' (e find,

.@er (hih 'he brood' to hath the hangeling ind

/o portion for her o(n 'he ha' to 'pare,

0o m%h 'he dote' on her adopted are*

!oet' are b%bble', by the to(n dra(n in,

0%ffered at fir't 'ome trifling 'tae' to (in

3%t (hat %neF%al ha+ard' do they r%nG

Eah time they (rite they vent%re all they@ve (on

The 0F%ire that@' b%ttered 'till, i' '%re to be %ndone*

Thi' a%thor, heretofore, ha' fo%nd yo%r favo%r,

3%t plead' no merit from hi' pa't behavio%r*

To b%ild on that might prove a vain pre'%mption,


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0ho%ld grant' to poet' made admit re'%mption,

And in !arna''%' he m%'t lo'e hi' 'eat,

-f that be fo%nd a forfeited e'tate*

;e o(n', (ith toil he (ro%ght the follo(ing 'ene',

3%t if they@re na%ght ne@er 'pare him for hi' pain'

amn him the more? have no ommi'eration

>or d%lne'' on mat%re deliberation*

;e '(ear' he@ll not re'ent one hi''ed:off 'ene,

/or, lie tho'e peevi'h (it', hi' play maintain,

Who, to a''ert their 'en'e, yo%r ta'te arraign*

0ome plot (e thin he ha', and 'ome ne( tho%ght?

0ome h%mo%r too, no fare::b%t that@' a fa%lt*

0atire, he thin', yo% o%ght not to expet?

>or 'o reformed a to(n (ho dare' orretH

To plea'e, thi' time, ha' been hi' 'ole pretene,

;e@ll not in'tr%t, le't it 'ho%ld give offene*

0ho%ld he by hane a nave or fool expo'e,

That h%rt' none here, '%re here are none of tho'e*

-n 'hort, o%r play 'hall (ith yo%r leave to 'ho( itD

$ive yo% one in'tane of a pa''ive poet,Who to yo%r "%dgment' yield' all re'ignation

0o 'ave or damn, after yo%r o(n di'retion*

4AAT-0 !E40./AE*

E/*

>A-/A66, in love (ith r'* ar(ood,::r* 3etterton

-4A3E66, in love (ith r'* illamant,::r* 5erbr%ggen

W-TW., follo(er of r'* illamant,::r* 3o(en

!ET6A/T, follo(er of r'* illamant,::r* 3o(man

0-4 W-6>66 W-TW., half brother to Wit(o%d, and nephe( to 6ady

Wi'hfort,::r* nderhill

WA-TWE66, 'ervant to irabell,::r* 3right

W.E/*

6AB W-0;>.4T, enemy to irabell, for having fal'ely pretended love

to her,::r'* 6eigh

40* -66AA/T, a fine lady, niee to 6ady Wi'hfort, and love'irabell,::r'* 3raegirdle

40* A4W.., friend to r* >ainall, and lie' irabell,::r'* 3arry

40* >A-/A66, da%ghter to 6ady Wi'hfort, and (ife to >ainall,

formerly friend to irabell,::r'* 3o(man

>.-36E, (oman to 6ady Wi'hfort,::r'* Willi'

-/C-/$, (oman to r'* illamant,::r'* !rine

A/CE40, >..TE/, ATTE/A/T0*

0CE/E 6ondon*


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The time eF%al to that of the pre'entation*

ACT -*::0CE/E -*

A Choolate:ho%'e*

-4A3E66 and >A-/A66 ri'ing from ard'* 3ETTB (aiting*

-4A* Bo% are a fort%nate man, r* >ainall*

>A-/* ;ave (e doneH

-4A* What yo% plea'e* -@ll play on to entertain yo%*

>A-/* /o, -@ll give yo% yo%r revenge another time, (hen yo% are not

'o indifferent? yo% are thining of 'omething el'e no(, and play toonegligently the oldne'' of a lo'ing game'ter le''en' the plea'%re

of the (inner* -@d no more play (ith a man that 'lighted hi' ill

fort%ne than -@d mae love to a (oman (ho %nderval%ed the lo'' of

her rep%tation*

-4A* Bo% have a ta'te extremely deliate, and are for refining on

yo%r plea'%re'*

>A-/* !rithee, (hy 'o re'ervedH 0omething ha' p%t yo% o%t of

h%mo%r*

-4A* /ot at all - happen to be grave to:day, and yo% are gay?

that@' all*

>A-/* Confe'', illamant and yo% F%arrelled la't night, after -

left yo%? my fair o%'in ha' 'ome h%mo%r' that (o%ld tempt the

patiene of a 0toi* What, 'ome oxomb ame in, and (a' (ell

reeived by her, (hile yo% (ere byH

-4A* Wit(o%d and !et%lant, and (hat (a' (or'e, her a%nt, yo%r

(ife@' mother, my evil geni%'::or to '%m %p all in her o(n name, my

old 6ady Wi'hfort ame in*

>A-/* .h, there it i' then 'he ha' a la'ting pa''ion for yo%, and

(ith rea'on*::What, then my (ife (a' thereH

-4A* Be', and r'* ar(ood and three or fo%r more, (hom - never'a( before? 'eeing me, they all p%t on their grave fae', (hi'pered

one another, then omplained alo%d of the vapo%r', and after fell

into a profo%nd 'ilene*

>A-/* They had a mind to be rid of yo%*

-4A* >or (hih rea'on - re'olved not to 'tir* At la't the good

old lady broe thro%gh her painf%l tait%rnity (ith an invetive

again't long vi'it'* - (o%ld not have %nder'tood her, b%t illamant


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"oining in the arg%ment, - ro'e and (ith a on'trained 'mile told

her, - tho%ght nothing (a' 'o ea'y a' to no( (hen a vi'it began to

be tro%ble'ome? 'he reddened and - (ithdre(, (itho%t expeting her

reply*

>A-/* Bo% (ere to blame to re'ent (hat 'he 'poe only in ompliane

(ith her a%nt*

-4A* 0he i' more mi'tre'' of her'elf than to be %nder the

nee''ity of '%h a re'ignation*

>A-/* WhatH tho%gh half her fort%ne depend' %pon her marrying (ith

my lady@' approbationH

-4A* - (a' then in '%h a h%mo%r, that - 'ho%ld have been better

plea'ed if 'he had been le'' di'reet*

>A-/* /o( - remember, - (onder not they (ere (eary of yo%? la't

night (a' one of their abal:night' they have @em three time' a

(ee and meet by t%rn' at one another@' apartment', (here they ome

together lie the oroner@' inF%e't, to 'it %pon the m%rderedrep%tation' of the (ee* Bo% and - are exl%ded, and it (a' one

propo'ed that all the male 'ex 'ho%ld be exepted? b%t 'omebody

moved that to avoid 'andal there might be one man of the omm%nity,

%pon (hih motion Wit(o%d and !et%lant (ere enrolled member'*

-4A* And (ho may have been the fo%ndre'' of thi' 'etH y 6ady

Wi'hfort, - (arrant, (ho p%bli'he' her dete'tation of manind, and

f%ll of the vigo%r of fifty:five, delare' for a friend and ratafia?

and let po'terity 'hift for it'elf, 'he@ll breed no more*

>A-/* The di'overy of yo%r 'ham addre''e' to her, to oneal yo%r

love to her niee, ha' provoed thi' 'eparation* ;ad yo% di''embled

better, thing' might have ontin%ed in the 'tate of nat%re*

-4A* - did a' m%h a' man o%ld, (ith any rea'onable on'iene? -

proeeded to the very la't at of flattery (ith her, and (a' g%ilty

of a 'ong in her ommendation* /ay, - got a friend to p%t her into

a lampoon, and ompliment her (ith the imp%tation of an affair (ith

a yo%ng fello(, (hih - arried 'o far, that - told her the

maliio%' to(n too notie that 'he (a' gro(n fat of a '%dden? and

(hen 'he lay in of a drop'y, per'%aded her 'he (a' reported to be in

labo%r* The devil@' in@t, if an old (oman i' to be flattered

f%rther, %nle'' a man 'ho%ld endeavo%r do(nright per'onally to

deba%h her and that my virt%e forbade me* 3%t for the di'overy

of thi' amo%r, - am indebted to yo%r friend, or yo%r (ife@' friend,

r'* ar(ood*

>A-/* What 'ho%ld provoe her to be yo%r enemy, %nle'' 'he ha' made

yo% advane' (hih yo% have 'lightedH Women do not ea'ily forgive

omi''ion' of that nat%re*

-4A* 0he (a' al(ay' ivil to me, till of late* - onfe'' - am not

one of tho'e oxomb' (ho are apt to interpret a (oman@' good

manner' to her pre"%die, and thin that 'he (ho doe' not ref%'e @em

everything an ref%'e @em nothing*


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>A-/* Bo% are a gallant man, irabell? and tho%gh yo% may have

r%elty eno%gh not to 'ati'fy a lady@' longing, yo% have too m%h

genero'ity not to be tender of her hono%r* Bet yo% 'pea (ith an

indifferene (hih 'eem' to be affeted, and onfe''e' yo% are

on'io%' of a negligene*

-4A* Bo% p%r'%e the arg%ment (ith a di'tr%'t that 'eem' to be

%naffeted, and onfe''e' yo% are on'io%' of a onern for (hih

the lady i' more indebted to yo% than i' yo%r (ife*

>A-/* >ie, fie, friend, if yo% gro( en'orio%' - m%'t leave yo%:

-@ll loo %pon the game'ter' in the next room*

-4A* Who are theyH

>A-/* !et%lant and Wit(o%d*::3ring me 'ome hoolate*

-4A* 3etty, (hat 'ay' yo%r loH

3ET* T%rned of the la't anonial ho%r, 'ir*

-4A* ;o( pertinently the "ade an'(er' meG ;aG almo't one a@

loG [6ooing on hi' (ath* .h, y@are omeG

0CE/E --*

-4A3E66 and >..TA/*

-4A* Well, i' the grand affair overH Bo% have been 'omething

tedio%'*

0E45* 0ir, there@' '%h o%pling at !anra' that they 'tand behind

one another, a' @t(ere in a o%ntry:dane* .%r' (a' the la't o%ple

to lead %p? and no hope' appearing of di'path, be'ide', the par'on

gro(ing hoar'e, (e (ere afraid hi' l%ng' (o%ld have failed before it

ame to o%r t%rn? 'o (e drove ro%nd to %e@' !lae, and there they

(ere riveted in a trie*

-4A* 0o, 'o? yo% are '%re they are marriedH

0E45* arried and bedded, 'ir? - am (itne''*

-4A* ;ave yo% the ertifiateH

0E45* ;ere it i', 'ir*

-4A* ;a' the tailor bro%ght Wait(ell@' lothe' home, and the ne(

liverie'H

0E45* Be', 'ir*

-4A* That@' (ell* o yo% go home again, d@ye hear, and ad"o%rn

the on'%mmation till farther order? bid Wait(ell 'hae hi' ear',

and ame !artlet r%'tle %p her feather', and meet me at one a@ lo

by 4o'amond@' pond, that - may 'ee her before 'he ret%rn' to her


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lady* And, a' yo% tender yo%r ear', be 'eret*

0CE/E ---*

-4A3E66, >A-/A66, 3ETTB*

>A-/* Ioy of yo%r '%e'', irabell? yo% loo plea'ed*

-4A* Ay? - have been engaged in a matter of 'ome 'ort of mirth,

(hih i' not yet ripe for di'overy* - am glad thi' i' not a abal:

night* - (onder, >ainall, that yo% (ho are married, and of

on'eF%ene 'ho%ld be di'reet, (ill '%ffer yo%r (ife to be of '%h

a party*

>A-/* >aith, - am not "ealo%'* 3e'ide', mo't (ho are engaged are

(omen and relation'? and for the men, they are of a ind too

ontemptible to give 'andal*

-4A* - am of another opinion the greater the oxomb, al(ay' themore the 'andal? for a (oman (ho i' not a fool an have b%t one

rea'on for a''oiating (ith a man (ho i' one*

>A-/* Are yo% "ealo%' a' often a' yo% 'ee Wit(o%d entertained by

illamantH

-4A* .f her %nder'tanding - am, if not of her per'on*

>A-/* Bo% do her (rong? for, to give her her d%e, 'he ha' (it*

-4A* 0he ha' bea%ty eno%gh to mae any man thin 'o, and

omplai'ane eno%gh not to ontradit him (ho 'hall tell her 'o*

>A-/* >or a pa''ionate lover methin' yo% are a man 'ome(hat too

di'erning in the failing' of yo%r mi'tre''*

-4A* And for a di'erning man 'ome(hat too pa''ionate a lover, for

- lie her (ith all her fa%lt'? nay, lie her for her fa%lt'* ;er

follie' are 'o nat%ral, or 'o artf%l, that they beome her, and

tho'e affetation' (hih in another (oman (o%ld be odio%' 'erve b%t

to mae her more agreeable* -@ll tell thee, >ainall, 'he one %'ed

me (ith that in'olene that in revenge - too her to piee', 'ifted

her, and 'eparated her failing' - 't%died @em and got @em by rote*

The atalog%e (a' 'o large that - (a' not (itho%t hope', one day or

other, to hate her heartily* To (hih end - 'o %'ed my'elf to thin

of @em, that at length, ontrary to my de'ign and expetation, they

gave me every ho%r le'' and le'' di't%rbane, till in a fe( day' itbeame habit%al to me to remember @em (itho%t being di'plea'ed*

They are no( gro(n a' familiar to me a' my o(n frailtie', and in all

probability in a little time longer - 'hall lie @em a' (ell*

>A-/* arry her, marry her? be half a' (ell aF%ainted (ith her

harm' a' yo% are (ith her defet', and, my life on@t, yo% are yo%r

o(n man again*

-4A* 0ay yo% 'oH


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>A-/* Ay, ay? - have experiene* - have a (ife, and 'o forth*

0CE/E -5*

[To them E00E/$E4*

E00* -' one 0F%ire Wit(o%d hereH

3ET* Be'? (hat@' yo%r b%'ine''H

E00* - have a letter for him, from hi' brother 0ir Wilf%ll, (hih

- am harged to deliver into hi' o(n hand'*

3ET* ;e@' in the next room, friend* That (ay*

0CE/E 5*

-4A3E66, >A-/A66, 3ETTB*

-4A* What, i' the hief of that noble family in to(n, 0ir Wilf%ll

Wit(o%dH

>A-/* ;e i' expeted to:day* o yo% no( himH

-4A* - have 'een him? he promi'e' to be an extraordinary per'on*

- thin yo% have the hono%r to be related to him*

>A-/* Be'? he i' half:brother to thi' Wit(o%d by a former (ife, (ho

(a' 'i'ter to my 6ady Wi'hfort, my (ife@' mother* -f yo% marry

illamant, yo% m%'t all o%'in' too*

-4A* - had rather be hi' relation than hi' aF%aintane*

>A-/* ;e ome' to to(n in order to eF%ip him'elf for travel*

-4A* >or travelG Why the man that - mean i' above forty*

>A-/* /o matter for that? @ti' for the hono%r of England that all

E%rope 'ho%ld no( (e have blohead' of all age'*

-4A* - (onder there i' not an at of parliament to 'ave the redit

of the nation and prohibit the exportation of fool'*

>A-/* 3y no mean', @ti' better a' @ti'? @ti' better to trade (ith a

little lo'', than to be F%ite eaten %p (ith being over'toed*

-4A* !ray, are the follie' of thi' night:errant and tho'e of the

'F%ire, hi' brother, anything relatedH

>A-/* /ot at all Wit(o%d gro(' by the night lie a medlar

grafted on a rab* .ne (ill melt in yo%r mo%th and t@other 'et yo%r

teeth on edge? one i' all p%lp and the other all ore*


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-4A* 0o one (ill be rotten before he be ripe, and the other (ill

be rotten (itho%t ever being ripe at all*

>A-/* 0ir Wilf%ll i' an odd mixt%re of ba'hf%lne'' and ob'tinay*

3%t (hen he@' dr%n, he@' a' loving a' the mon'ter in The Tempe't,

and m%h after the 'ame manner* To give bother hi' d%e, he ha'

'omething of good:nat%re, and doe' not al(ay' (ant (it*

-4A* /ot al(ay' b%t a' often a' hi' memory fail' him and hi'

ommonplae of ompari'on'* ;e i' a fool (ith a good memory and

'ome fe( 'rap' of other fol'@ (it* ;e i' one (ho'e onver'ation

an never be approved, yet it i' no( and then to be end%red* ;e ha'

indeed one good F%ality he i' not exeptio%', for he 'o

pa''ionately affet' the rep%tation of %nder'tanding raillery that

he (ill on'tr%e an affront into a "e't, and all do(nright r%dene''

and ill lang%age 'atire and fire*

>A-/* -f yo% have a mind to fini'h hi' pit%re, yo% have an

opport%nity to do it at f%ll length* 3ehold the original*

0CE/E 5-*

[To them W-TW.*

W-T* Afford me yo%r ompa''ion, my dear'? pity me, >ainall,

irabell, pity me*

-4A* - do from my 'o%l*

>A-/* Why, (hat@' the matterH

W-T* /o letter' for me, 3ettyH

3ET* id not a me''enger bring yo% one b%t no(, 'irH

W-T* Ay? b%t no otherH

3ET* /o, 'ir*

W-T* That@' hard, that@' very hard* A me''enger, a m%le, a bea't

of b%rden, he ha' bro%ght me a letter from the fool my brother, a'

heavy a' a panegyri in a f%neral 'ermon, or a opy of ommendatory

ver'e' from one poet to another* And (hat@' (or'e, @ti' a' '%re a

forer%nner of the a%thor a' an epi'tle dediatory*

-4A* A fool, and yo%r brother, Wit(o%dH

W-T* Ay, ay, my half:brother* y half:brother he i', no nearer,

%pon hono%r*

-4A* Then @ti' po''ible he may be b%t half a fool*

W-T* $ood, good, irabell, 6E 4.6EG $ood, good, hang him, don@t

let@' tal of him*::>ainall, ho( doe' yo%r ladyH $ad, - 'ay


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anything in the (orld to get thi' fello( o%t of my head* - beg

pardon that - 'ho%ld a' a man of plea'%re and the to(n a F%e'tion

at one 'o foreign and dome'ti* 3%t - tal lie an old maid at a

marriage, - don@t no( (hat - 'ay b%t 'he@' the be't (oman in the

(orld*

>A-/* @Ti' (ell yo% don@t no( (hat yo% 'ay, or el'e yo%r

ommendation (o%ld go near to mae me either vain or "ealo%'*

W-T* /o man in to(n live' (ell (ith a (ife b%t >ainall* Bo%r

"%dgment, irabellH

-4A* Bo% had better 'tep and a' hi' (ife, if yo% (o%ld be

redibly informed*

W-T* irabellG

-4A* Ay*

W-T* y dear, - a' ten tho%'and pardon'* $ad, - have forgot (hat

- (a' going to 'ay to yo%*

-4A* - than yo% heartily, heartily*

W-T* /o, b%t prithee ex%'e me: my memory i' '%h a memory*

-4A* ;ave a are of '%h apologie', Wit(o%d? for - never ne( a

fool b%t he affeted to omplain either of the 'pleen or hi' memory*

>A-/* What have yo% done (ith !et%lantH

W-T* ;e@' reoning hi' money? my money it (a' - have no l% to:

day*

>A-/* Bo% may allo( him to (in of yo% at play, for yo% are '%re to

be too hard for him at repartee 'ine yo% monopoli'e the (it that

i' bet(een yo%, the fort%ne m%'t be hi' of o%r'e*

-4A* - don@t find that !et%lant onfe''e' the '%periority of (it

to be yo%r talent, Wit(o%d*

W-T* Come, ome, yo% are maliio%' no(, and (o%ld breed debate'*

!et%lant@' my friend, and a very hone't fello(, and a very pretty

fello(, and ha' a 'mattering::faith and troth, a pretty deal of an

odd 'ort of a 'mall (it nay, -@ll do him "%'tie* -@m hi' friend,

- (on@t (rong him* And if he had any "%dgment in the (orld, he

(o%ld not be altogether ontemptible* Come, ome, don@t detrat

from the merit' of my friend*

>A-/* Bo% don@t tae yo%r friend to be over:niely bredH

W-T* /o, no, hang him, the rog%e ha' no manner' at all, that - m%'t

o(n? no more breeding than a b%m:baily, that - grant yo%: @ti'

pity? the fello( ha' fire and life*

-4A* What, o%rageH


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W-T* ;%m, faith, - don@t no( a' to that, - an@t 'ay a' to that*

Be', faith, in a ontrover'y he@ll ontradit anybody*

-4A* Tho%gh @t(ere a man (hom he feared or a (oman (hom he loved*

W-T* Well, (ell, he doe' not al(ay' thin before he 'pea'* We

have all o%r failing'? yo% are too hard %pon him, yo% are, faith*

6et me ex%'e him,::- an defend mo't of hi' fa%lt', exept one or

t(o? one he ha', that@' the tr%th on@t,::if he (ere my brother -

o%ld not aF%it him::that indeed - o%ld (i'h (ere other(i'e*

-4A* Ay, marry, (hat@' that, Wit(o%dH

W-T* .h, pardon me* Expo'e the infirmitie' of my friendH /o, my

dear, ex%'e me there*

>A-/* What, - (arrant he@' %n'inere, or @ti' 'ome '%h trifle*

W-T* /o, no? (hat if he beH @Ti' no matter for that, hi' (it (ill

ex%'e that* A (it 'ho%ld no more be 'inere than a (oman on'tant

one arg%e' a deay of part', a' t@other of bea%ty*

-4A* aybe yo% thin him too po'itiveH

W-T* /o, no? hi' being po'itive i' an inentive to arg%ment, and

eep' %p onver'ation*

>A-/* Too illiterateH

W-T* ThatH That@' hi' happine''* ;i' (ant of learning give' him

the more opport%nitie' to 'ho( hi' nat%ral part'*

-4A* ;e (ant' (ord'H

W-T* Ay? b%t - lie him for that no( for hi' (ant of (ord' give'

me the plea'%re very often to explain hi' meaning*

>A-/* ;e@' imp%dentH

W-T* /o that@' not it*

-4A* 5ainH

W-T* /o*

-4A* What, he 'pea' %n'ea'onable tr%th' 'ometime', bea%'e he ha'

not (it eno%gh to invent an eva'ionH

W-T* Tr%th'H ;a, ha, haG /o, no, 'ine yo% (ill have it, - mean

he never 'pea' tr%th at all, that@' all* ;e (ill lie lie a

hambermaid, or a (oman of F%ality@' porter* /o( that i' a fa%lt*

0CE/E 5--*

[To them C.AC;A/*


13/76

C.AC;* -' a'ter !et%lant here, mi'tre''H

3ET* Be'*

C.AC;* Three gentle(omen in a oah (o%ld 'pea (ith him*

>A-/* . brave !et%lantG ThreeG

3ET* -@ll tell him*

C.AC;* Bo% m%'t bring t(o di'he' of hoolate and a gla'' of

innamon (ater*

0CE/E 5---*

-4A3E66, >A-/A66, W-TW.*

W-T* That 'ho%ld be for t(o fa'ting 'tr%mpet', and a ba(d tro%bled(ith (ind* /o( yo% may no( (hat the three are*

-4A* Bo% are very free (ith yo%r friend@' aF%aintane*

W-T* Ay, ay? friend'hip (itho%t freedom i' a' d%ll a' love (itho%t

en"oyment or (ine (itho%t toa'ting b%t to tell yo% a 'eret, the'e

are tr%ll' (hom he allo(' oah:hire, and 'omething more by the

(ee, to all on him one a day at p%bli plae'*

-4A* ;o(G

W-T* Bo% 'hall 'ee he (on@t go to @em bea%'e there@' no more

ompany here to tae notie of him* Why, thi' i' nothing to (hat he

%'ed to do: before he fo%nd o%t thi' (ay, - have no(n him all for

him'elf :

>A-/* Call for him'elfH What do't tho% meanH

W-T* eanH Why he (o%ld 'lip yo% o%t of thi' hoolate:ho%'e, "%'t

(hen yo% had been taling to him* A' 'oon a' yo%r ba (a' t%rned::

(hip he (a' gone? then trip to hi' lodging, lap on a hood and 'arf

and a ma', 'lap into a haney:oah, and drive hither to the door

again in a trie? (here he (o%ld 'end in for him'elf? that - mean,

all for him'elf, (ait for him'elf, nay, and (hat@' more, not

finding him'elf, 'ometime' leave a letter for him'elf*

-4A* - onfe'' thi' i' 'omething extraordinary* - believe he(ait' for him'elf no(, he i' 'o long a oming? oh, - a' hi' pardon*

0CE/E -J*

!ET6A/T, -4A3E66, >A-/A66, W-TW., 3ETTB*

3ET* 0ir, the oah 'tay'*


14/76

!ET* Well, (ell, - ome* @0b%d, a man had a' good be a profe''ed

mid(ife a' a profe''ed (horema'ter, at thi' rate? to be noed %p

and rai'ed at all ho%r', and in all plae'* !ox on @em, - (on@t

ome* @ye hear, tell @em - (on@t ome* 6et @em 'nivel and ry

their heart' o%t*

>A-/* Bo% are very r%el, !et%lant*

!ET* All@' one, let it pa''* - have a h%mo%r to be r%el*

-4A* - hope they are not per'on' of ondition that yo% %'e at thi'

rate*

!ET* ConditionH Condition@' a dried fig, if - am not in h%mo%r*

3y thi' hand, if they (ere yo%r::a::a::yo%r (hat:d@ee:all:@em'

them'elve', they m%'t (ait or r%b off, if - (ant appetite*

-4A* What:d@ee:all:@em'G What are they, Wit(o%dH

W-T* Empre''e', my dear* 3y yo%r (hat:d@ee:all:@em' he mean'0%ltana %een'*

!ET* Ay, 4oxolana'*

-4A* Cry yo% mery*

>A-/* Wit(o%d 'ay' they are :

!ET* What doe' he 'ay th@areH

W-T* -H >ine ladie', - 'ay*

!ET* !a'' on, Wit(o%d* ;aree, by thi' light, hi' relation'::t(o

o:heire''e' hi' o%'in', and an old a%nt, (ho love' ater:(a%ling

better than a onventile*

W-T* ;a, ha, haG - had a mind to 'ee ho( the rog%e (o%ld ome off*

;a, ha, haG $ad, - an@t be angry (ith him, if he had 'aid they

(ere my mother and my 'i'ter'*

-4A* /oH

W-T* /o? the rog%e@' (it and readine'' of invention harm me, dear

!et%lant*

3ET* They are gone, 'ir, in great anger*

!ET* Eno%gh, let @em tr%ndle* Anger help' omplexion, 'ave' paint*

>A-/* Thi' ontinene i' all di''embled? thi' i' in order to have

'omething to brag of the next time he mae' o%rt to illamant, and

'(ear he ha' abandoned the (hole 'ex for her 'ae*

-4A* ;ave yo% not left off yo%r imp%dent preten'ion' there yetH -

'hall %t yo%r throat, 'ometime or other, !et%lant, abo%t that

b%'ine''*


15/76

!ET* Ay, ay, let that pa''* There are other throat' to be %t*

-4A* eaning mine, 'irH

!ET* /ot -::- mean nobody::- no( nothing* 3%t there are %nle'

and nephe(' in the (orld::and they may be rival'* What thenH All@'

one for that*

-4A* ;o(H ;aree, !et%lant, ome hither* Explain, or - 'hall

all yo%r interpreter*

!ET* ExplainH - no( nothing* Why, yo% have an %nle, have yo%

not, lately ome to to(n, and lodge' by my 6ady Wi'hfort@'H

-4A* Tr%e*

!ET* Why, that@' eno%gh* Bo% and he are not friend'? and if he

'ho%ld marry and have a hild, yon may be di'inherited, haG

-4A* Where ha't tho% 't%mbled %pon all thi' tr%thH

!ET* All@' one for that? (hy, then, 'ay - no( 'omething*

-4A* Come, tho% art an hone't fello(, !et%lant, and 'halt mae

love to my mi'tre'', tho% 'halt, faith* What ha't tho% heard of my

%nleH

!ET* -H /othing, -* -f throat' are to be %t, let '(ord' la'h*

0n%g@' the (ord? - 'hr%g and am 'ilent*

-4A* .h, raillery, railleryG Come, - no( tho% art in the (omen@'

'eret'* What, yo%@re a abali't? - no( yo% 'tayed at illamant@'

la't night after - (ent* Wa' there any mention made of my %nle or

meH Tell me? if tho% had't b%t good nat%re eF%al to thy (it,

!et%lant, Tony Wit(o%d, (ho i' no( thy ompetitor in fame, (o%ld

'ho( a' dim by thee a' a dead (hiting@' eye by a pearl of orient? he

(o%ld no more be 'een by thee than er%ry i' by the '%n ome, -@m

'%re tho% (o@t tell me*

!ET* -f - do, (ill yo% grant me ommon 'en'e, then, for the f%t%reH

-4A* >aith, -@ll do (hat - an for thee, and -@ll pray that heav@n

may grant it thee in the meantime*

!ET* Well, haree*

>A-/* !et%lant and yo% both (ill find irabell a' (arm a rival a' alover*

W-T* !'ha(, p'ha(, that 'he la%gh' at !et%lant i' plain* And for

my part, b%t that it i' almo't a fa'hion to admire her, - 'ho%ld::

haree::to tell yo% a 'eret, b%t let it go no f%rther bet(een

friend', - 'hall never brea my heart for her*

>A-/* ;o(H


16/76

W-T* 0he@' hand'ome? b%t 'he@' a 'ort of an %nertain (oman*

>A-/* - tho%ght yo% had died for her*

W-T* mh::no :

>A-/* 0he ha' (it*

W-T* @Ti' (hat 'he (ill hardly allo( anybody el'e* /o(, demme, -

'ho%ld hate that, if 'he (ere a' hand'ome a' Cleopatra* irabell i'

not 'o '%re of her a' he thin' for*

>A-/* Why do yo% thin 'oH

W-T* We 'tayed pretty late there la't night, and heard 'omething of

an %nle to irabell, (ho i' lately ome to to(n, and i' bet(een him

and the be't part of hi' e'tate* irabell and he are at 'ome

di'tane, a' my 6ady Wi'hfort ha' been told? and yo% no( 'he hate'

irabell (or'e than a F%aer hate' a parrot, or than a fi'hmonger

hate' a hard fro't* Whether thi' %nle ha' 'een r'* illamant or

not, - annot 'ay? b%t there (ere item' of '%h a treaty being inembryo? and if it 'ho%ld ome to life, poor irabell (o%ld be in

'ome 'ort %nfort%nately fobbed, i@faith*

>A-/* @Ti' impo''ible illamant 'ho%ld hearen to it*

W-T* >aith, my dear, - an@t tell? 'he@' a (oman and a ind of a

h%mori't*

-4A* And thi' i' the '%m of (hat yo% o%ld ollet la't nightH

!ET* The F%inte''ene* aybe Wit(o%d no(' more? he 'tayed longer*

3e'ide', they never mind him? they 'ay anything before him*

-4A* - tho%ght yo% had been the greate't favo%rite*

!ET* Ay, tete:e:tete? b%t not in p%bli, bea%'e - mae remar'*

-4A* Bo% doH

!ET* Ay, ay, pox, -@m maliio%', man* /o( he@' 'oft, yo% no(,

they are not in a(e of him* The fello(@' (ell bred, he@' (hat yo%

all a::(hat d@ye:all:@em::a fine gentleman, b%t he@' 'illy (ithal*

-4A* - than yo%, - no( a' m%h a' my %rio'ity reF%ire'*

>ainall, are yo% for the allH

>A-/* Ay, -@ll tae a t%rn before dinner*

W-T* Ay, (e@ll all (al in the par? the ladie' taled of being

there*

-4A* - tho%ght yo% (ere obliged to (ath for yo%r brother 0ir

Wilf%ll@' arrival*

W-T* /o, no, he ome' to hi' a%nt@', my 6ady Wi'hfort? pox on him,

- 'hall be tro%bled (ith him too? (hat 'hall - do (ith the foolH


17/76

!ET* 3eg him for hi' e'tate, that - may beg yo% after(ard', and 'o

have b%t one tro%ble (ith yo% both*

W-T* . rare !et%lant, tho% art a' F%i a' fire in a fro'ty

morning? tho% 'halt to the all (ith %', and (e@ll be very 'evere*

!ET* Eno%gh? -@m in a h%mo%r to be 'evere*

-4A* Are yo%H !ray then (al by yo%r'elve'* 6et not %' be

ae''ory to yo%r p%tting the ladie' o%t of o%ntenane (ith yo%r

'en'ele'' ribaldry, (hih yo% roar o%t alo%d a' often a' they pa''

by yo%, and (hen yo% have made a hand'ome (oman bl%'h, then yo%

thin yo% have been 'evere*

!ET* What, (hatH Then let @em either 'ho( their innoene by not

%nder'tanding (hat they hear, or el'e 'ho( their di'retion by not

hearing (hat they (o%ld not be tho%ght to %nder'tand*

-4A* 3%t ha't not tho% then 'en'e eno%gh to no( that tho%

o%ght@'t to be mo't a'hamed thy'elf (hen tho% ha't p%t another o%tof o%ntenaneH

!ET* /ot -, by thi' hand - al(ay' tae bl%'hing either for a 'ign

of g%ilt or ill:breeding*

-4A* - onfe'' yo% o%ght to thin 'o* Bo% are in the right, that

yo% may plead the error of yo%r "%dgment in defene of yo%r

pratie*

Where mode'ty@' ill manner', @ti' b%t fit

That imp%dene and malie pa'' for (it*

ACT --*::0CE/E -*

0t* Iame'@' !ar*

40* >A-/A66 and 40* A4W..*

40* >A-/* Ay, ay, dear ar(ood, if (e (ill be happy, (e m%'t find

the mean' in o%r'elve', and among o%r'elve'* en are ever in

extreme'? either doting or aver'e* While they are lover', if they

have fire and 'en'e, their "ealo%'ie' are in'%pportable and (henthey ea'e to love (e o%ght to thin at lea'tD they loathe, they

loo %pon %' (ith horror and di'ta'te, they meet %' lie the gho't'

of (hat (e (ere, and a' from '%h, fly from %'*

40* A4* Tr%e, @ti' an %nhappy ir%m'tane of life that love

'ho%ld ever die before %', and that the man 'o often 'ho%ld o%tlive

the lover* 3%t 'ay (hat yo% (ill, @ti' better to be left than never

to have been loved* To pa'' o%r yo%th in d%ll indifferene, to

ref%'e the '(eet' of life bea%'e they one m%'t leave %', i' a'


18/76

prepo'tero%' a' to (i'h to have been born old, bea%'e (e one day

m%'t be old* >or my part, my yo%th may (ear and (a'te, b%t it 'hall

never r%'t in my po''e''ion*

40* >A-/* Then it 'eem' yo% di''emble an aver'ion to manind only

in ompliane to my mother@' h%mo%r*

40* A4* Certainly* To be free, - have no ta'te of tho'e in'ipid

dry di'o%r'e' (ith (hih o%r 'ex of fore m%'t entertain them'elve'

apart from men* We may affet endearment' to eah other, profe''

eternal friend'hip', and 'eem to dote lie lover'? b%t @ti' not in

o%r nat%re' long to per'evere* 6ove (ill re'%me hi' empire in o%r

brea't', and every heart, or 'oon or late, reeive and readmit him

a' it' la(f%l tyrant*

40* >A-/* 3le'' me, ho( have - been deeivedG Why, yo% profe'' a

libertine*

40* A4* Bo% 'ee my friend'hip by my freedom* Come, be a'

'inere, ano(ledge that yo%r 'entiment' agree (ith mine*

40* >A-/* /ever*

40* A4* Bo% hate manindH

40* >A-/* ;eartily, inveterately*

40* A4* Bo%r h%'bandH

40* >A-/* o't tran'endently? ay, tho%gh - 'ay it, meritorio%'ly*

40* A4* $ive me yo%r hand %pon it*

40* >A-/* There*

40* A4* - "oin (ith yo%? (hat - have 'aid ha' been to try yo%*

40* >A-/* -' it po''ibleH o't tho% hate tho'e viper', menH

40* A4* - have done hating @em, and am no( ome to de'pi'e @em?

the next thing - have to do i' eternally to forget @em*

40* >A-/* There 'poe the 'pirit of an Ama+on, a !enthe'ilea*

40* A4* And yet - am thining 'ometime' to arry my aver'ion

f%rther*

40* >A-/* ;o(H

40* A4* >aith, by marrying? if - o%ld b%t find one that loved me

very (ell, and (o%ld be thro%ghly 'en'ible of ill %'age, - thin -

'ho%ld do my'elf the violene of %ndergoing the eremony*

40* >A-/* Bo% (o%ld not mae him a %oldH

40* A4* /o? b%t -@d mae him believe - did, and that@' a' bad*


19/76

40* >A-/* Why had not yo% a' good do itH

40* A4* .h, if he 'ho%ld ever di'over it, he (o%ld then no( the

(or't, and be o%t of hi' pain? b%t - (o%ld have him ever to ontin%e

%pon the ra of fear and "ealo%'y*

40* >A-/* -ngenio%' mi'hiefG Wo%ld tho% (ert married to

irabell*

40* A4* Wo%ld - (ere*

40* >A-/* Bo% hange olo%r*

40* A4* 3ea%'e - hate him*

40* >A-/* 0o do -? b%t - an hear him named* 3%t (hat rea'on have

yo% to hate him in parti%larH

40* A4* - never loved him? he i', and al(ay' (a', in'%fferably

pro%d*

40* >A-/* 3y the rea'on yo% give for yo%r aver'ion, one (o%ld

thin it di''embled? for yo% have laid a fa%lt to hi' harge, of

(hih hi' enemie' m%'t aF%it him*

40* A4* .h, then it 'eem' yo% are one of hi' favo%rable enemie'*

ethin' yo% loo a little pale, and no( yo% fl%'h again*

40* >A-/* o -H - thin - am a little 'i o@ the '%dden*

40* A4* What ail' yo%H

40* >A-/* y h%'band* on@t yo% 'ee himH ;e t%rned 'hort %pon me

%na(are', and ha' almo't overome me*

0CE/E --*

[To them >A-/A66 and -4A3E66*

40* A4* ;a, ha, haG he ome' opport%nely for yo%*

40* >A-/* >or yo%, for he ha' bro%ght irabell (ith him*

>A-/* y dear*

40* >A-/* y 'o%l*

>A-/* Bo% don@t loo (ell to:day, hild*

40* >A-/* @ye thin 'oH

-4A* ;e i' the only man that doe', madam*

40* >A-/* The only man that (o%ld tell me 'o at lea't, and the

only man from (hom - o%ld hear it (itho%t mortifiation*


20/76

>A-/* .h, my dear, - am 'ati'fied of yo%r tenderne''? - no( yo%

annot re'ent anything from me? e'peially (hat i' an effet of my

onern*

40* >A-/* r* irabell, my mother interr%pted yo% in a plea'ant

relation la't night - (o%ld fain hear it o%t*

-4A* The per'on' onerned in that affair have yet a tolerable

rep%tation* - am afraid r* >ainall (ill be en'orio%'*

40* >A-/* ;e ha' a h%mo%r more prevailing than hi' %rio'ity, and

(ill (illingly di'pen'e (ith the hearing of one 'andalo%' 'tory, to

avoid giving an oa'ion to mae another by being 'een to (al (ith

hi' (ife* Thi' (ay, r* irabell, and - dare promi'e yo% (ill

oblige %' both*

0CE/E ---*

>A-/A66, 40* A4W..*

>A-/* Exellent reat%reG Well, '%re, if - 'ho%ld live to be rid

of my (ife, - 'ho%ld be a mi'erable man*

40* A4* AyH

>A-/* >or having only that one hope, the aompli'hment of it of

on'eF%ene m%'t p%t an end to all my hope', and (hat a (reth i' he

(ho m%'t '%rvive hi' hope'G /othing remain' (hen that day ome' b%t

to 'it do(n and (eep lie Alexander (hen he (anted other (orld' to

onF%er*

40* A4* Will yo% not follo( @emH

>A-/* >aith, - thin not,

40* A4* !ray let %'? - have a rea'on*

>A-/* Bo% are not "ealo%'H

40* A4* .f (homH

>A-/* .f irabell*

40* A4* -f - am, i' it inon'i'tent (ith my love to yo% that - am

tender of yo%r hono%rH

>A-/* Bo% (o%ld intimate then, a' if there (ere a fello(:feeling

bet(een my (ife and himH

40* A4* - thin 'he doe' not hate him to that degree 'he (o%ld be

tho%ght*

>A-/* 3%t he, - fear, i' too in'en'ible*


21/76

40* A4* -t may be yo% are deeived*

>A-/* -t may be 'o* - do not no( begin to apprehend it*

40* A4* WhatH

>A-/* That - have been deeived, madam, and yo% are fal'e*

40* A4* That - am fal'eH What mean yo%H

>A-/* To let yo% no( - 'ee thro%gh all yo%r little art'*::Come,

yo% both love him, and both have eF%ally di''embled yo%r aver'ion*

Bo%r m%t%al "ealo%'ie' of one another have made yo% la'h till yo%

have both 'tr% fire* - have 'een the (arm onfe''ion red@ning on

yo%r hee', and 'parling from yo%r eye'*

40* A4* Bo% do me (rong*

>A-/* - do not* @T(a' for my ea'e to over'ee and (ilf%lly neglet

the gro'' advane' made him by my (ife, that by permitting her to be

engaged, - might ontin%e %n'%'peted in my plea'%re', and tae yo%oftener to my arm' in f%ll 'e%rity* 3%t o%ld yo% thin, bea%'e

the nodding h%'band (o%ld not (ae, that e@er the (athf%l lover

'leptH

40* A4* And (here(ithal an yo% reproah meH

>A-/* With infidelity, (ith loving another, (ith love of irabell*

40* A4* @Ti' fal'e* - hallenge yo% to 'ho( an in'tane that an

onfirm yo%r gro%ndle'' a%'ation* - hate him*

>A-/* And (herefore do yo% hate himH ;e i' in'en'ible, and yo%r

re'entment follo(' hi' neglet* An in'taneH The in"%rie' yo% have

done him are a proof yo%r interpo'ing in hi' love* What a%'e had

yo% to mae di'overie' of hi' pretended pa''ionH To %ndeeive the

red%lo%' a%nt, and be the offiio%' ob'tale of hi' math (ith

illamantH

40* A4* y obligation' to my lady %rged me - had profe''ed a

friend'hip to her, and o%ld not 'ee her ea'y nat%re 'o ab%'ed by

that di''embler*

>A-/* What, (a' it on'iene thenH !rofe''ed a friend'hipG .h,

the pio%' friend'hip' of the female 'exG

40* A4* ore tender, more 'inere, and more end%ring, than all

the vain and empty vo(' of men, (hether profe''ing love to %' orm%t%al faith to one another*

>A-/* ;a, ha, haG yo% are my (ife@' friend too*

40* A4* 0hame and ingratit%deG o yo% reproah meH Bo%, yo%

%pbraid meH ;ave - been fal'e to her, thro%gh 'trit fidelity to

yo%, and 'arified my friend'hip to eep my love inviolateH And

have yo% the ba'ene'' to harge me (ith the g%ilt, %nmindf%l of the

meritH To yo% it 'ho%ld be meritorio%' that - have been viio%'*


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And do yo% reflet that g%ilt %pon me (hih 'ho%ld lie b%ried in

yo%r bo'omH

>A-/* Bo% mi'interpret my reproof* - meant b%t to remind yo% of

the 'light ao%nt yo% one o%ld mae of 'trite't tie' (hen 'et in

ompetition (ith yo%r love to me*

40* A4* @Ti' fal'e, yo% %rged it (ith deliberate malie* @T(a'

'poe in 'orn, and - never (ill forgive it*

>A-/* Bo%r g%ilt, not yo%r re'entment, beget' yo%r rage* -f yet

yo% loved, yo% o%ld forgive a "ealo%'y b%t yo% are 't%ng to find

yo% are di'overed*

40* A4* -t 'hall be all di'overed* Bo% too 'hall be di'overed?

be '%re yo% 'hall* - an b%t be expo'ed* -f - do it my'elf - 'hall

prevent yo%r ba'ene''*

>A-/* Why, (hat (ill yo% doH

40* A4* i'lo'e it to yo%r (ife? o(n (hat ha' pa't bet(een %'*

>A-/* >ren+yG

40* A4* 3y all my (rong' -@ll do@t* -@ll p%bli'h to the (orld

the in"%rie' yo% have done me, both in my fame and fort%ne (ith

both - tr%'ted yo%, yo% banr%pt in hono%r, a' indigent of (ealth*

>A-/* Bo%r fame - have pre'erved* Bo%r fort%ne ha' been be'to(ed

a' the prodigality of yo%r love (o%ld have it, in plea'%re' (hih (e

both have 'hared* Bet, had not yo% been fal'e - had e@er thi'

repaid it* @Ti' tr%e::had yo% permitted irabell (ith illamant to

have 'tolen their marriage, my lady had been inen'ed beyond all

mean' of reonilement illamant had forfeited the moiety of her

fort%ne, (hih then (o%ld have de'ended to my (ife* And (herefore

did - marry b%t to mae la(f%l pri+e of a rih (ido(@' (ealth, and

'F%ander it on love and yo%H

40* A4* eeit and frivolo%' preteneG

>A-/* eath, am - not marriedH What@' preteneH Am - not

impri'oned, fetteredH ;ave - not a (ifeH /ay, a (ife that (a' a

(ido(, a yo%ng (ido(, a hand'ome (ido(, and (o%ld be again a (ido(,

b%t that - have a heart of proof, and 'omething of a on'tit%tion to

b%'tle thro%gh the (ay' of (edlo and thi' (orld* Will yo% yet be

reoniled to tr%th and meH

40* A4* -mpo''ible* Tr%th and yo% are inon'i'tent*::- hate yo%,and 'hall for ever*

>A-/* >or loving yo%H

40* A4* - loathe the name of love after '%h %'age? and next to

the g%ilt (ith (hih yo% (o%ld a'per'e me, - 'orn yo% mo't*

>are(ell*

>A-/* /ay, (e m%'t not part th%'*


23/76

40* A4* 6et me go*

>A-/* Come, -@m 'orry*

40* A4* - are not* 6et me go* 3rea my hand', do::-@d leave

@em to get loo'e*

>A-/* - (o%ld not h%rt yo% for the (orld* ;ave - no other hold to

eep yo% hereH

40* A4* Well, - have de'erved it all*

>A-/* Bo% no( - love yo%*

40* A4* !oor di''emblingG .h, that::(ell, it i' not yet :

>A-/* WhatH What i' it notH What i' it not yetH -t i' not yet

too late :

40* A4* /o, it i' not yet too late::- have that omfort*

>A-/* -t i', to love another*

40* A4* 3%t not to loathe, dete't, abhor manind, my'elf, and the

(hole treahero%' (orld*

>A-/* /ay, thi' i' extravagane* Come, - a' yo%r pardon* /o

tear'::- (a' to blame, - o%ld not love yo% and be ea'y in my

do%bt'* !ray forbear::- believe yo%? -@m onvined -@ve done yo%

(rong? and any (ay, every (ay (ill mae amend' -@ll hate my (ife

yet more, damn her, -@ll part (ith her, rob her of all 'he@' (orth,

and (e@ll retire 'ome(here, any(here, to another (orld? -@ll marry

thee::be paified*::@0death, they ome hide yo%r fae, yo%r tear'*

Bo% have a ma' (ear it a moment* Thi' (ay, thi' (ay be

per'%aded*

0CE/E -5*

-4A3E66 and 40* >A-/A66*

40* >A-/* They are here yet*

-4A* They are t%rning into the other (al*

40* >A-/* While - only hated my h%'band, - o%ld bear to 'ee him?b%t 'ine - have de'pi'ed him, he@' too offen'ive*

-4A* .h, yo% 'ho%ld hate (ith pr%dene*

40* >A-/* Be', for - have loved (ith indi'retion*

-4A* Bo% 'ho%ld have "%'t 'o m%h di'g%'t for yo%r h%'band a' may

be '%ffiient to mae yo% reli'h yo%r lover*


24/76

40* >A-/* Bo% have been the a%'e that - have loved (itho%t

bo%nd', and (o%ld yo% 'et limit' to that aver'ion of (hih yo% have

been the oa'ionH Why did yo% mae me marry thi' manH

-4A* Why do (e daily ommit di'agreeable and dangero%' ation'H

To 'ave that idol, rep%tation* -f the familiaritie' of o%r love'

had prod%ed that on'eF%ene of (hih yo% (ere apprehen'ive, (here

o%ld yo% have fixed a father@' name (ith redit b%t on a h%'bandH

- ne( >ainall to be a man lavi'h of hi' moral', an intere'ted and

profe''ing friend, a fal'e and a de'igning lover, yet one (ho'e (it

and o%t(ard fair behavio%r have gained a rep%tation (ith the to(n,

eno%gh to mae that (oman 'tand ex%'ed (ho ha' '%ffered her'elf to

be (on by hi' addre''e'* A better man o%ght not to have been

'arified to the oa'ion? a (or'e had not an'(ered to the p%rpo'e*

When yo% are (eary of him yo% no( yo%r remedy*

40* >A-/* - o%ght to 'tand in 'ome degree of redit (ith yo%,

irabell*

-4A* -n "%'tie to yo%, - have made yo% privy to my (hole de'ign,

and p%t it in yo%r po(er to r%in or advane my fort%ne*

40* >A-/* Whom have yo% in'tr%ted to repre'ent yo%r pretended

%nleH

-4A* Wait(ell, my 'ervant*

40* >A-/* ;e i' an h%mble 'ervant to >oible, my mother@' (oman,

and may (in her to yo%r intere't*

-4A* Care i' taen for that* 0he i' (on and (orn by thi' time*

They (ere married thi' morning*

40* >A-/* WhoH

-4A* Wait(ell and >oible* - (o%ld not tempt my 'ervant to betray

me by tr%'ting him too far* -f yo%r mother, in hope' to r%in me,

'ho%ld on'ent to marry my pretended %nle, he might, lie o'a in

the >.J, 'tand %pon term'? 'o - made him '%re beforehand*

40* >A-/* 0o, if my poor mother i' a%ght in a ontrat, yo% (ill

di'over the impo't%re betime', and relea'e her by prod%ing a

ertifiate of her gallant@' former marriage*

-4A* Be', %pon ondition that 'he on'ent to my marriage (ith her

niee, and '%rrender the moiety of her fort%ne in her po''e''ion*

40* >A-/* 0he taled la't night of endeavo%ring at a math bet(eenillamant and yo%r %nle*

-4A* That (a' by >oible@' diretion and my in'tr%tion, that 'he

might 'eem to arry it more privately*

40* >A-/* Well, - have an opinion of yo%r '%e'', for - believe

my lady (ill do anything to get an h%'band? and (hen 'he ha' thi',

(hih yo% have provided for her, - '%ppo'e 'he (ill '%bmit to

anything to get rid of him*


25/76

-4A* Be', - thin the good lady (o%ld marry anything that

re'embled a man, tho%gh @t(ere no more than (hat a b%tler o%ld

pinh o%t of a napin*

40* >A-/* >emale frailtyG We m%'t all ome to it, if (e live to

be old, and feel the raving of a fal'e appetite (hen the tr%e i'

deayed*

-4A* An old (oman@' appetite i' depraved lie that of a girl*

@Ti' the green:'ine'' of a 'eond hildhood, and, lie the faint

offer of a latter 'pring, 'erve' b%t to %'her in the fall, and

(ither' in an affeted bloom*

40* >A-/* ;ere@' yo%r mi'tre''*

0CE/E 5*

[To them 40* -66AA/T, W-TW., -/C-/$*

-4A* ;ere 'he ome', i@faith, f%ll 'ail, (ith her fan 'pread and

'treamer' o%t, and a 'hoal of fool' for tender'*::;a, no, - ry her

mery*

40* >A-/* - 'ee b%t one poor empty '%ller, and he to(' her (oman

after him*

-4A* Bo% 'eem to be %nattended, madam* Bo% %'ed to have the 3EA

./E throng after yo%, and a flo of gay fine per%e' hovering

ro%nd yo%*

W-T* 6ie moth' abo%t a andle* - had lie to have lo't my

ompari'on for (ant of breath*

-66A* .h, - have denied my'elf air' to:day* - have (aled a' fa't

thro%gh the ro(d :

W-T* A' a favo%rite "%'t di'graed, and (ith a' fe( follo(er'*

-66A* ear r* Wit(o%d, tr%e (ith yo%r 'imilit%de', for - am a'

'i of @em :

W-T* A' a phy'iian of a good air* - annot help it, madam, tho%gh

@ti' again't my'elf*

-66A* Bet againG ining, 'tand bet(een me and hi' (it*

W-T* o, r'* ining, lie a 'reen before a great fire* -

onfe'' - do bla+e to:day? - am too bright*

40* >A-/* 3%t, dear illamant, (hy (ere yo% 'o longH

-66A* 6ongG 6ord, have - not made violent ha'teH - have a'ed

every living thing - met for yo%? - have enF%ired after yo%, a'

after a ne( fa'hion*


26/76

W-T* adam, tr%e (ith yo%r 'imilit%de'*::/o, yo% met her h%'band,

and did not a' him for her*

-4A* 3y yo%r leave, Wit(o%d, that (ere lie enF%iring after an old

fa'hion to a' a h%'band for hi' (ife*

W-T* ;%m, a hit, a hit, a palpable hit? - onfe'' it*

40* >A-/* Bo% (ere dre''ed before - ame abroad*

-66A* Ay, that@' tr%e* .h, b%t then - had::ining, (hat had -H

Why (a' - 'o longH

-/C* . mem, yo%r la'hip 'tayed to per%'e a paet of letter'*

-66A* .h, ay, letter'::- had letter'::- am per'e%ted (ith

letter'::- hate letter'* /obody no(' ho( to (rite letter'? and yet

one ha' @em, one doe' not no( (hy* They 'erve one to pin %p one@'

hair*

W-T* -' that the (ayH !ray, madam, do yo% pin %p yo%r hair (ith

all yo%r letter'H - find - m%'t eep opie'*

-66A* .nly (ith tho'e in ver'e, r* Wit(o%d* - never pin %p my

hair (ith pro'e* - thin - tried one, ining*

-/C* . mem, - 'hall never forget it*

-66A* Ay, poor ining tift and tift all the morning*

-/C* Till - had the ramp in my finger', -@ll vo(, mem* And all

to no p%rpo'e* 3%t (hen yo%r la'hip pin' it %p (ith poetry, it fit'

'o plea'ant the next day a' anything, and i' 'o p%re and 'o rip'*

W-T* -ndeed, 'o rip'H

-/C* Bo%@re '%h a riti, r* Wit(o%d*

-66A* irabell, did yo% tae exeption' la't nightH .h, ay, and

(ent a(ay* /o( - thin on@t -@m angry::no, no( - thin on@t -@m

plea'ed: for - believe - gave yo% 'ome pain*

-4A* oe' that plea'e yo%H

-66A* -nfinitely? - love to give pain*

-4A* Bo% (o%ld affet a r%elty (hih i' not in yo%r nat%re? yo%rtr%e vanity i' in the po(er of plea'ing*

-66A* .h, - a' yo%r pardon for that* .ne@' r%elty i' one@'

po(er, and (hen one part' (ith one@' r%elty one part' (ith one@'

po(er, and (hen one ha' parted (ith that, - fany one@' old and

%gly*

-4A* Ay, ay? '%ffer yo%r r%elty to r%in the ob"et of yo%r po(er,

to de'troy yo%r lover::and then ho( vain, ho( lo't a thing yo%@ll


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28/76

'ho%ld admire yo%? they are not apable? or, if they (ere, it 'ho%ld

be to yo% a' a mortifiation for, '%re, to plea'e a fool i' 'ome

degree of folly*

-66A* - plea'e my'elf*::3e'ide', 'ometime' to onver'e (ith fool'

i' for my health*

-4A* Bo%r healthG -' there a (or'e di'ea'e than the onver'ation

of fool'H

-66A* Be', the vapo%r'? fool' are phy'i for it, next to

a''afoetida*

-4A* Bo% are not in a o%r'e of fool'H

-66A* irabell, if yo% per'i't in thi' offen'ive freedom yo%@ll

di'plea'e me* - thin - m%'t re'olve after all not to have yo%: (e

'han@t agree*

-4A* /ot in o%r phy'i, it may be*

-66A* And yet o%r di'temper in all lielihood (ill be the 'ame?

for (e 'hall be 'i of one another* - 'han@t end%re to be

reprimanded nor in'tr%ted? @ti' 'o d%ll to at al(ay' by advie,

and 'o tedio%' to be told of one@' fa%lt', - an@t bear it* Well, -

(on@t have yo%, irabell::-@m re'olved::- thin::yo% may go::ha, ha,

haG What (o%ld yo% give that yo% o%ld help loving meH

-4A* - (o%ld give 'omething that yo% did not no( - o%ld not help

it*

-66A* Come, don@t loo grave then* Well, (hat do yo% 'ay to meH

-4A* - 'ay that a man may a' 'oon mae a friend by hi' (it, or a

fort%ne by hi' hone'ty, a' (in a (oman (ith plain:dealing and

'inerity*

-66A* 0ententio%' irabellG !rithee don@t loo (ith that violent

and inflexible (i'e fae, lie 0olomon at the dividing of the hild

in an old tape'try hangingG

-4A* Bo% are merry, madam, b%t - (o%ld per'%ade yo% for a moment

to be 'erio%'*

-66A* What, (ith that faeH /o, if yo% eep yo%r o%ntenane,

@ti' impo''ible - 'ho%ld hold mine* Well, after all, there i'

'omething very moving in a love'i fae* ;a, ha, haG Well - (on@t

la%gh? don@t be peevi'h* ;eighoG /o( -@ll be melanholy, a'melanholy a' a (ath:light* Well, irabell, if ever yo% (ill (in

me, (oo me no(*::/ay, if yo% are 'o tedio%', fare yo% (ell - 'ee

they are (aling a(ay*

-4A* Can yo% not find in the variety of yo%r di'po'ition one

moment :

-66A* To hear yo% tell me >oible@' married, and yo%r plot lie to

'peedH /o*


29/76

-4A* 3%t ho( yo% ame to no( it :

-66A* Witho%t the help of the devil, yo% an@t imagine? %nle'' 'he

'ho%ld tell me her'elf* Whih of the t(o it may have been, - (ill

leave yo% to on'ider? and (hen yo% have done thining of that,

thin of me*

0CE/E 5--*

-4A3E66 alone*

-4A* - have 'omething more*::$oneG Thin of yo%H To thin of a

(hirl(ind, tho%gh @t(ere in a (hirl(ind, (ere a a'e of more 'teady

ontemplation, a very tranF%illity of mind and man'ion* A fello(

that live' in a (indmill ha' not a more (him'ial d(elling than the

heart of a man that i' lodged in a (oman* There i' no point of the

ompa'' to (hih they annot t%rn, and by (hih they are not t%rned,

and by one a' (ell a' another? for motion, not method, i' theiro%pation* To no( thi', and yet ontin%e to be in love, i' to be

made (i'e from the ditate' of rea'on, and yet per'evere to play the

fool by the fore of in'tint*::.h, here ome my pair of t%rtle'*

What, billing 'o '(eetlyH -' not 5alentine@' day over (ith yo% yetH

0CE/E 5---*

[To him WA-TWE66, >.-36E*

-4A* 0irrah, Wait(ell, (hy, '%re, yo% thin yo% (ere married for

yo%r o(n rereation and not for my onvenieny*

WA-T* Bo%r pardon, 'ir* With '%bmi''ion, (e have indeed been

'olaing in la(f%l delight'? b%t 'till (ith an eye to b%'ine'', 'ir*

- have in'tr%ted her a' (ell a' - o%ld* -f 'he an tae yo%r

diretion' a' readily a' my in'tr%tion', 'ir, yo%r affair' are in a

pro'pero%' (ay*

-4A* $ive yo% "oy, r'* >oible*

>.-3* .::la', 'ir, -@m 'o a'hamed*::-@m afraid my lady ha' been in

a tho%'and inF%iet%de' for me* 3%t - prote't, 'ir, - made a' m%h

ha'te a' - o%ld*

WA-T* That 'he did indeed, 'ir* -t (a' my fa%lt that 'he did notmae more*

-4A* That - believe*

>.-3* 3%t - told my lady a' yo% in'tr%ted me, 'ir, that - had a

pro'pet of 'eeing 0ir 4o(land, yo%r %nle, and that - (o%ld p%t her

lady'hip@' pit%re in my poet to 'ho( him, (hih -@ll be '%re to

'ay ha' made him 'o enamo%red of her bea%ty, that he b%rn' (ith

impatiene to lie at her lady'hip@' feet and (or'hip the original*


30/76

-4A* Exellent >oibleG atrimony ha' made yo% eloF%ent in love*

WA-T* - thin 'he ha' profited, 'ir* - thin 'o*

>.-3* Bo% have 'een adam illamant, 'irH

-4A* Be'*

>.-3* - told her, 'ir, bea%'e - did not no( that yo% might find

an opport%nity? 'he had 'o m%h ompany la't night*

-4A* Bo%r diligene (ill merit more* -n the meantime::[give'

money

>.-3* . dear 'ir, yo%r h%mble 'ervant*

WA-T* 0po%'e :

-4A* 0tand off, 'ir, not a penny* $o on and pro'per, >oible* The

lea'e 'hall be made good and the farm 'toed, if (e '%eed*

>.-3* - don@t F%e'tion yo%r genero'ity, 'ir, and yo% need not do%bt

of '%e''* -f yo% have no more ommand', 'ir, -@ll be gone? -@m

'%re my lady i' at her toilet, and an@t dre'' till - ome* .h

dear, -@m '%re that [looing o%t (a' r'* ar(ood that (ent by in a

ma'? if 'he ha' 'een me (ith yo% - m '%re 'he@ll tell my lady*

-@ll mae ha'te home and prevent her* Bo%r 'ervant, 0ir*::3@(@y,

Wait(ell*

0CE/E -J*

-4A3E66, WA-TWE66*

WA-T* 0ir 4o(land, if yo% plea'e* The "ade@' 'o pert %pon her

preferment 'he forget' her'elf*

-4A* Come, 'ir, (ill yo% endeavo%r to forget yo%r'elf::and

tran'form into 0ir 4o(landH

WA-T* Why, 'ir, it (ill be impo''ible - 'ho%ld remember my'elf*

arried, nighted, and attended all in one dayG @Ti' eno%gh to mae

any man forget him'elf* The diffi%lty (ill be ho( to reover my

aF%aintane and familiarity (ith my former 'elf, and fall from my

tran'formation to a reformation into Wait(ell* /ay, - 'han@t be

F%ite the 'ame Wait(ell neither::for no( - remember me, -@m married,and an@t be my o(n man again*

Ay, there@' my grief? that@' the 'ad hange of life

To lo'e my title, and yet eep my (ife*

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A room in 6ady Wi'hfort@' ho%'e*

6AB W-0;>.4T at her toilet, !E$ (aiting*

6AB* erif%lG /o ne(' of >oible yetH

!E$* /o, madam*

6AB* - have no more patiene* -f - have not fretted my'elf till -

am pale again, there@' no veraity in me* >eth me the red::the

red, do yo% hear, '(eetheartH An errant a'h olo%r, a' -@m a

per'on* 6oo yo% ho( thi' (enh 'tir'G Why do't tho% not feth me

a little redH id't tho% not hear me, op%'H

!E$* The red ratafia, doe' yo%r lady'hip mean, or the herry

brandyH

6AB* 4atafia, foolH /o, fool* /ot the ratafia, fool::grant mepatieneG::- mean the 0pani'h paper, idiot? omplexion, darling*

!aint, paint, paint, do't tho% %nder'tand that, hangeling, dangling

thy hand' lie bobbin' before theeH Why do't tho% not 'tir, p%ppetH

Tho% (ooden thing %pon (ire'G

!E$* 6ord, madam, yo%r lady'hip i' 'o impatient*::- annot ome at

the paint, madam r'* >oible ha' loed it %p, and arried the ey

(ith her*

6AB* A pox tae yo% both*::>eth me the herry brandy then*

0CE/E --*

6AB W-0;>.4T*

-@m a' pale and a' faint, - loo lie r'* %alm'i, the %rate@'

(ife, that@' al(ay' breeding* Wenh, ome, ome, (enh, (hat art

tho% doingH 0ippingH Ta'tingH 0ave thee, do't tho% not no( the

bottleH

0CE/E ---*

6AB W-0;>.4T, !E$ (ith a bottle and hina %p*

!E$* adam, - (a' looing for a %p*

6AB* A %p, 'ave thee, and (hat a %p ha't tho% bro%ghtG o't

tho% tae me for a fairy, to drin o%t of an aornH Why did't tho%

not bring thy thimbleH ;a't tho% ne@er a bra'' thimble lining in

thy poet (ith a bit of n%tmegH - (arrant thee* Come, fill, fill*

0o, again* 0ee (ho that i'* [.ne no'* 0et do(n the bottle

fir't* ;ere, here, %nder the table: (hat, (o%ld't tho% go (ith the


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bottle in thy hand lie a tap'terH A' -@m a per'on, thi' (enh ha'

lived in an inn %pon the road, before 'he ame to me, lie

aritorne' the A't%rian in on %ixote* /o >oible yetH

!E$* /o, madam? r'* ar(ood*

6AB* .h, ar(ood let her ome in* Come in, good ar(ood*

0CE/E -5*

[To them 40 A4W..*

40* A4* -@m '%rpri'ed to find yo%r lady'hip in E0;A3-66E at thi'

time of day*

6AB* >oible@' a lo't thing? ha' been abroad 'ine morning, and

never heard of 'ine*

40* A4* - 'a( her b%t no(, a' - ame ma'ed thro%gh the par, inonferene (ith irabell*

6AB* With irabellH Bo% all my blood into my fae (ith

mentioning that traitor* 0he d%r't not have the onfidene* - 'ent

her to negotiate an affair, in (hih if -@m deteted -@m %ndone* -f

that (heedling villain ha' (ro%ght %pon >oible to detet me, -@m

r%ined* . my dear friend, -@m a (reth of (rethe' if -@m deteted*

40* A4* . madam, yo% annot '%'pet r'* >oible@' integrity*

6AB* .h, he arrie' poi'on in hi' tong%e that (o%ld orr%pt

integrity it'elf* -f 'he ha' given him an opport%nity, 'he ha' a'

good a' p%t her integrity into hi' hand'* Ah, dear ar(ood, (hat@'

integrity to an opport%nityH ;arG - hear her* ear friend,

retire into my lo'et, that - may examine her (ith more freedom::

yo%@ll pardon me, dear friend, - an mae bold (ith yo%::there are

boo' over the himney::%arle' and !ryn, and the 0;.4T 5-EW .> T;E

0TA$E, (ith 3%nyan@' (or' to entertain yo%*::$o, yo% thing, and

'end her in* [To !E$*

0CE/E 5*

6AB W-0;>.4T, >.-36E*

6AB* . >oible, (here ha't tho% beenH What ha't tho% been doingH

>.-3* adam, - have 'een the party*

6AB* 3%t (hat ha't tho% doneH

>.-3* /ay, @ti' yo%r lady'hip ha' done, and are to do? - have only

promi'ed* 3%t a man 'o enamo%red::'o tran'portedG Well, if

(or'hipping of pit%re' be a 'in::poor 0ir 4o(land, - 'ay*


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6AB* The miniat%re ha' been o%nted lie* 3%t ha't tho% not

betrayed me, >oibleH ;a't tho% not deteted me to that faithle''

irabellH What ha't tho% to do (ith him in the parH An'(er me,

ha' he got nothing o%t of theeH

>.-3* 0o, the devil ha' been beforehand (ith me? (hat 'hall - 'ayH:

:Ala', madam, o%ld - help it, if - met that onfident thingH Wa' -

in fa%ltH -f yo% had heard ho( he %'ed me, and all %pon yo%r

lady'hip@' ao%nt, -@m '%re yo% (o%ld not '%'pet my fidelity*

/ay, if that had been the (or't - o%ld have borne b%t he had a

fling at yo%r lady'hip too, and then - o%ld not hold? b%t, i@faith

- gave him hi' o(n*

6AB* eH What did the filthy fello( 'ayH

>.-3* . madam, @ti' a 'hame to 'ay (hat he 'aid, (ith hi' ta%nt'

and hi' fleer', to''ing %p hi' no'e* ;%mh, 'ay' he, (hat, yo% are

a:hathing 'ome plot, 'ay' he, yo% are 'o early abroad, or atering,

'ay' he, ferreting for 'ome di'banded offier, - (arrant* ;alf pay

i' b%t thin '%b'i'tene, 'ay' he* Well, (hat pen'ion doe' yo%r lady

propo'eH 6et me 'ee, 'ay' he, (hat, 'he m%'t ome do(n pretty deepno(, 'he@' '%perann%ated, 'ay' he, and :

6AB* .d' my life, -@ll have him::-@ll have him m%rdered* -@ll

have him poi'oned* Where doe' he eatH -@ll marry a dra(er to have

him poi'oned in hi' (ine* -@ll 'end for 4obin from 6oet@'::

immediately*

>.-3* !oi'on himH !oi'oning@' too good for him* 0tarve him,

madam, 'tarve him? marry 0ir 4o(land, and get him di'inherited* .h,

yo% (o%ld ble'' yo%r'elf to hear (hat he 'aid*

6AB* A villain? '%perann%atedH

>.-3* ;%mh, 'ay' he, - hear yo% are laying de'ign' again't me too,

'ay' he, and r'* illamant i' to marry my %nle he doe' not

'%'pet a (ord of yo%r lady'hipD? b%t, 'ay' he, -@ll fit yo% for

that, - (arrant yo%, 'ay' he, -@ll hamper yo% for that, 'ay' he, yo%

and yo%r old frippery too, 'ay' he, -@ll handle yo% :

6AB* A%daio%' villainG ;andle meH Wo%ld he d%r'tH >ripperyH

.ld fripperyH Wa' there ever '%h a fo%l:mo%thed fello(H -@ll be

married to:morro(, -@ll be ontrated to:night*

>.-3* The 'ooner the better, madam*

6AB* Will 0ir 4o(land be here, 'ay@'t tho%H When, >oibleH

>.-3* -nontinently, madam* /o ne( 'heriff@' (ife expet' the

ret%rn of her h%'band after nighthood (ith that impatiene in (hih

0ir 4o(land b%rn' for the dear ho%r of i''ing yo%r lady'hip@' hand

after dinner*

6AB* >ripperyH 0%perann%ated fripperyH -@ll frippery the

villain? -@ll red%e him to frippery and rag', a tatterdemalionG::-

hope to 'ee him h%ng (ith tatter', lie a 6ong 6ane pent:ho%'e, or a

gibbet thief* A 'lander:mo%thed railerG - (arrant the 'pendthrift


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prodigal@' in debt a' m%h a' the million lottery, or the (hole

o%rt %pon a birthday* -@ll 'poil hi' redit (ith hi' tailor* Be',

he 'hall have my niee (ith her fort%ne, he 'hall*

>.-3* ;eH - hope to 'ee him lodge in 6%dgate fir't, and angle into

3lafriar' for bra'' farthing' (ith an old mitten*

6AB* Ay, dear >oible? than thee for that, dear >oible* ;e ha'

p%t me o%t of all patiene* - 'hall never reompo'e my feat%re' to

reeive 0ir 4o(land (ith any eonomy of fae* Thi' (reth ha'

fretted me that - am ab'ol%tely deayed* 6oo, >oible*

>.-3* Bo%r lady'hip ha' fro(ned a little too ra'hly, indeed, madam*

There are 'ome ra' di'ernible in the (hite verni'h*

6AB* 6et me 'ee the gla''* Cra', 'ay@'t tho%H Why, - am

arrantly flayed - loo lie an old peeled (all* Tho% m%'t repair

me, >oible, before 0ir 4o(land ome', or - 'hall never eep %p to my

pit%re*

>.-3* - (arrant yo%, madam a little art one made yo%r pit%relie yo%, and no( a little of the 'ame art m%'t mae yo% lie yo%r

pit%re* Bo%r pit%re m%'t 'it for yo%, madam*

6AB* 3%t art tho% '%re 0ir 4o(land (ill not fail to omeH .r (ill

a not fail (hen he doe' omeH Will he be import%nate, >oible, and

p%'hH >or if he 'ho%ld not be import%nate - 'hall never brea

deor%m'* - 'hall die (ith onf%'ion if - am fored to advane::oh

no, - an never advane? - 'hall '(oon if he 'ho%ld expet advane'*

/o, - hope 0ir 4o(land i' better bred than to p%t a lady to the

nee''ity of breaing her form'* - (on@t be too oy neither::-

(on@t give him de'pair* 3%t a little di'dain i' not ami''? a little

'orn i' all%ring*

>.-3* A little 'orn beome' yo%r lady'hip*

6AB* Be', b%t tenderne'' beome' me be't::a 'ort of a dyingne''*

Bo% 'ee that pit%re ha' a 'ort of a::ha, >oibleH A '(immingne'' in

the eye'* Be', -@ll loo 'o* y niee affet' it? b%t 'he (ant'

feat%re'* -' 0ir 4o(land hand'omeH 6et my toilet be removed::-@ll

dre'' above* -@ll reeive 0ir 4o(land here* -' he hand'omeH on@t

an'(er me* - (on@t no(? -@ll be '%rpri'ed* -@ll be taen by

'%rpri'e*

>.-3* 3y 'torm, madam* 0ir 4o(land@' a bri' man*

6AB* -' heH .h, then, he@ll import%ne, if he@' a bri' man* -

'hall 'ave deor%m' if 0ir 4o(land import%ne'* - have a mortalterror at the apprehen'ion of offending again't deor%m'* .h, -@m

glad he@' a bri' man* 6et my thing' be removed, good >oible*

0CE/E 5-*

40* >A-/A66, >.-36E*


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40* >A-/* . >oible, - have been in a fright, le't - 'ho%ld ome

too late* That devil, ar(ood, 'a( yo% in the par (ith irabell,

and -@m afraid (ill di'over it to my lady*

>.-3* i'over (hat, madamH

40* >A-/* /ay, nay, p%t not on that 'trange fae* - am privy to

the (hole de'ign, and no( that Wait(ell, to (hom tho% (ert thi'

morning married, i' to per'onate irabell@' %nle, and, a' '%h

(inning my lady, to involve her in tho'e diffi%ltie' from (hih

irabell only m%'t relea'e her, by hi' maing hi' ondition' to have

my o%'in and her fort%ne left to her o(n di'po'al*

>.-3* . dear madam, - beg yo%r pardon* -t (a' not my onfidene in

yo%r lady'hip that (a' defiient? b%t - tho%ght the former good

orre'pondene bet(een yo%r lady'hip and r* irabell might have

hindered hi' omm%niating thi' 'eret*

40* >A-/* ear >oible, forget that*

>.-3* . dear madam, r* irabell i' '%h a '(eet (inning gentleman*3%t yo%r lady'hip i' the pattern of genero'ity* 0(eet lady, to be

'o goodG r* irabell annot hoo'e b%t be gratef%l* - find yo%r

lady'hip ha' hi' heart 'till* /o(, madam, - an 'afely tell yo%r

lady'hip o%r '%e'' r'* ar(ood had told my lady, b%t - (arrant

- managed my'elf* - t%rned it all for the better* - told my lady

that r* irabell railed at her* - laid horrid thing' to hi'

harge, -@ll vo(? and my lady i' 'o inen'ed that 'he@ll be

ontrated to 0ir 4o(land to:night, 'he 'ay'? - (arrant - (ored her

%p that he may have her for a'ing for, a' they 'ay of a Wel'h

maidenhead*

40* >A-/* . rare >oibleG

>.-3* adam, - beg yo%r lady'hip to aF%aint r* irabell of hi'

'%e''* - (o%ld be 'een a' little a' po''ible to 'pea to him::

be'ide', - believe adam ar(ood (athe' me* 0he ha' a month@'

mind? b%t - no( r* irabell an@t abide her* [Call'* Iohn,

remove my lady@' toilet* adam, yo%r 'ervant* y lady i' 'o

impatient, - fear 'he@ll ome for me, if - 'tay*

40* >A-/* -@ll go (ith yo% %p the ba 'tair', le't - 'ho%ld meet

her*

0CE/E 5--*

40* A4W.. alone*

40* A4* -ndeed, r'* Engine, i' it th%' (ith yo%H Are yo% beome

a go:bet(een of thi' importaneH Be', - 'hall (ath yo%* Why thi'

(enh i' the !A00E:!A4T.T, a very ma'ter:ey to everybody@' 'trong

box* y friend >ainall, have yo% arried it 'o '(imminglyH -

tho%ght there (a' 'omething in it? b%t it 'eem' it@' over (ith yo%*

Bo%r loathing i' not from a (ant of appetite then, b%t from a

'%rfeit* El'e yo% o%ld never be 'o ool to fall from a prinipal


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to be an a''i'tant, to pro%re for himG A pattern of genero'ity,

that - onfe''* Well, r* >ainall, yo% have met (ith yo%r math*::.

man, manG Woman, (omanG The devil@' an a'' if - (ere a painter,

- (o%ld dra( him lie an idiot, a driveller (ith a bib and bell'*

an 'ho%ld have hi' head and horn', and (oman the re't of him*

!oor, 'imple fiendG @adam ar(ood ha' a month@' mind, b%t he an@t

abide her*@ @T(ere better for him yo% had not been hi' onfe''or in

that affair, (itho%t yo% o%ld have ept hi' o%n'el lo'er* -

'hall not prove another pattern of genero'ity? he ha' not obliged me

to that (ith tho'e exe''e' of him'elf, and no( -@ll have none of

him* ;ere ome' the good lady, panting ripe, (ith a heart f%ll of

hope, and a head f%ll of are, lie any hymi't %pon the day of

pro"etion*

0CE/E 5---*

[To her 6AB W-0;>.4T*

6AB* . dear ar(ood, (hat 'hall - 'ay for thi' r%de forgetf%lne''H3%t my dear friend i' all goodne''*

40* A4* /o apologie', dear madam* - have been very (ell

entertained*

6AB* A' -@m a per'on, - am in a very hao' to thin - 'ho%ld 'o

forget my'elf* 3%t - have '%h an olio of affair', really - no(

not (hat to do* [Call'* >oibleG::- expet my nephe( 0ir Wilf%ll

ev@ry moment too*::Why, >oibleG::;e mean' to travel for improvement*

40* A4* ethin' 0ir Wilf%ll 'ho%ld rather thin of marrying than

travelling at hi' year'* - hear he i' t%rned of forty*

6AB* .h, he@' in le'' danger of being 'poiled by hi' travel'* -

am again't my nephe(@' marrying too yo%ng* -t (ill be time eno%gh

(hen he ome' ba, and ha' aF%ired di'retion to hoo'e for

him'elf*

40* A4* ethin' r'* illamant and he (o%ld mae a very fit

math* ;e may travel after(ard'* @Ti' a thing very %'%al (ith

yo%ng gentlemen*

6AB* - promi'e yo% - have tho%ght on@t::and 'ine @ti' yo%r

"%dgment, -@ll thin on@t again* - a''%re yo% - (ill? - val%e yo%r

"%dgment extremely* .n my (ord, -@ll propo'e it*

0CE/E -J*

[To them >.-36E*

6AB* Come, ome, >oible::- had forgot my nephe( (ill be here

before dinner::- m%'t mae ha'te*

>.-3* r* Wit(o%d and r* !et%lant are ome to dine (ith yo%r


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lady'hip*

6AB* .h dear, - an@t appear till - am dre''ed* ear ar(ood,

'hall - be free (ith yo% again, and beg yo% to entertain emH -@ll

mae all imaginable ha'te* ear friend, ex%'e me*

0CE/E J*

40* A4W.., 40* -66AA/T, -/C-/$*

-66A* 0%re, never anything (a' 'o %nbred a' that odio%' man*

ar(ood, yo%r 'ervant*

40* A4* Bo% have a olo%r? (hat@' the matterH

-66A* That horrid fello( !et%lant ha' provoed me into a flame::-

have broe my fan::ining, lend me yo%r'*::-' not all the po(der

o%t of my hairH

40* A4* /o* What ha' he doneH

-66A* /ay, he ha' done nothing? he ha' only taled* /ay, he ha'

'aid nothing neither? b%t he ha' ontradited everything that ha'

been 'aid* >or my part, - tho%ght Wit(o%d and he (o%ld have

F%arrelled*

-/C* - vo(, mem, - tho%ght one they (o%ld have fit*

-66A* Well, @ti' a lamentable thing, - '(ear, that one ha' not the

liberty of hoo'ing one@' aF%aintane a' one doe' one@' lothe'*

40* A4* -f (e had that liberty, (e 'ho%ld be a' (eary of one 'et

of aF%aintane, tho%gh never 'o good, a' (e are of one '%it, tho%gh

never 'o fine* A fool and a doily 't%ff (o%ld no( and then find

day' of grae, and be (orn for variety*

-66A* - o%ld on'ent to (ear @em, if they (o%ld (ear alie? b%t

fool' never (ear o%t* They are '%h 4A! E 3E44- thing'G Witho%t

one o%ld give @em to one@' hambermaid after a day or t(o*

40* A4* @T(ere better 'o indeed* .r (hat thin yo% of the

playho%'eH A fine gay glo''y fool 'ho%ld be given there, lie a ne(

ma'ing habit, after the ma'F%erade i' over, and (e have done (ith

the di'g%i'e* >or a fool@' vi'it i' al(ay' a di'g%i'e, and never

admitted by a (oman of (it, b%t to blind her affair (ith a lover of

'en'e* -f yo% (o%ld b%t appear barefaed no(, and o(n irabell, yo%might a' ea'ily p%t off !et%lant and Wit(o%d a' yo%r hood and 'arf*

And indeed @ti' time, for the to(n ha' fo%nd it, the 'eret i' gro(n

too big for the pretene* @Ti' lie r'* !rimly@' great belly 'he

may lae it do(n before, b%t it b%rni'he' on her hip'* -ndeed,

illamant, yo% an no more oneal it than my 6ady 0trammel an her

fae, that goodly fae, (hih in defiane of her 4heni'h:(ine tea

(ill not be omprehended in a ma'*

-66A* -@ll tae my death, ar(ood, yo% are more en'orio%' than a


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deayed bea%ty, or a di'arded toa't: ining, tell the men they

may ome %p* y a%nt i' not dre''ing here? their folly i' le''

provoing than yo%r malie*

0CE/E J-*

40* -66AA/T, 40* A4W..*

-66A* The to(n ha' fo%nd itH What ha' it fo%ndH That irabell

love' me i' no more a 'eret than it i' a 'eret that yo% di'overed

it to my a%nt, or than the rea'on (hy yo% di'overed it i' a 'eret*

40* A4* Bo% are nettled*

-66A* Bo%@re mi'taen* 4idi%lo%'G

40* A4* -ndeed, my dear, yo%@ll tear another fan, if yo% don@t

mitigate tho'e violent air'*

-66A* . 'illyG ;a, ha, haG - o%ld la%gh immoderately* !oor

irabellG ;i' on'tany to me ha' F%ite de'troyed hi' omplai'ane

for all the (orld be'ide* - '(ear - never en"oined it him to be 'o

oy* -f - had the vanity to thin he (o%ld obey me, - (o%ld ommand

him to 'ho( more gallantry @ti' hardly (ell:bred to be 'o

parti%lar on one hand and 'o in'en'ible on the other* 3%t -

de'pair to prevail, and 'o let him follo( hi' o(n (ay* ;a, ha, haG

!ardon me, dear reat%re, - m%'t la%gh? ha, ha, haG Tho%gh - grant

yo% @ti' a little barbaro%'? ha, ha, haG

40* A4* What pity @ti' 'o m%h fine raillery, and delivered (ith

'o 'ignifiant ge't%re, 'ho%ld be 'o %nhappily direted to mi'arry*

-66A* ;ehH ear reat%re, - a' yo%r pardon* - '(ear - did not

mind yo%*

40* A4* r* irabell and yo% both may thin it a thing

impo''ible, (hen - 'hall tell him by telling yo% :

-66A* .h dear, (hatH >or it i' the 'ame thing, if - hear it* ;a,

ha, haG

40* A4* That - dete't him, hate him, madam*

-66A* . madam, (hy, 'o do -* And yet the reat%re love' me, ha,

ha, haG ;o( an one forbear la%ghing to thin of itH - am a 'ibyl

if - am not ama+ed to thin (hat he an 'ee in me* -@ll tae mydeath, - thin yo% are hand'omer, and (ithin a year or t(o a' yo%ng*

-f yo% o%ld b%t 'tay for me, - 'ho%ld overtae yo%::b%t that annot

be* Well, that tho%ght mae' me melanholi*::/o( -@ll be 'ad*

40* A4* Bo%r merry note may be hanged 'ooner than yo% thin*

-66A* @ye 'ay 'oH Then -@m re'olved -@ll have a 'ong to eep %p

my 'pirit'*


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0CE/E J--*

[To them -/C-/$*

-/C* The gentlemen 'tay b%t to omb, madam, and (ill (ait on yo%*

-66A* e'ire r'*::that i' in the next room, to 'ing the 'ong -

(o%ld have learnt ye'terday* Bo% 'hall hear it, madam* /ot that

there@' any great matter in it::b%t @ti' agreeable to my h%mo%r*

0./$*

0et by r* Iohn Ele'*

-

6ove@' b%t the frailty of the mind

When @ti' not (ith ambition "oined?A 'ily flame, (hih if not fed expire',

And feeding, (a'te' in 'elf:on'%ming fire'*

--

@Ti' not to (o%nd a (anton boy

.r am@ro%' yo%th, that give' the "oy?

3%t @ti' the glory to have piered a '(ain

>or (hom inferior bea%tie' 'ighed in vain*

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Then - alone the onF%e't pri+e,

When - in'%lt a rival@' eye'?

-f there@' delight in love, @ti' (hen - 'ee

That heart, (hih other' bleed for, bleed for me*

0CE/E J---*

[To them !ET6A/T, W-TW.*

-66A* -' yo%r animo'ity ompo'ed, gentlemenH

W-T* 4aillery, raillery, madam? (e have no animo'ity* We hit off a

little (it no( and then, b%t no animo'ity* The falling o%t of (it'i' lie the falling o%t of lover': (e agree in the main, lie

treble and ba''* ;a, !et%lantH

!ET* Ay, in the main* 3%t (hen - have a h%mo%r to ontradit :

W-T* Ay, (hen he ha' a h%mo%r to ontradit, then - ontradit too*

What, - no( my %e* Then (e ontradit one another lie t(o

battledore'? for ontradition' beget one another lie Ie('*


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!ET* -f he 'ay' bla@' bla::if - have a h%mo%r to 'ay @ti' bl%e:

:let that pa''::all@' one for that* -f - have a h%mo%r to prove it,

it m%'t be granted*

W-T* /ot po'itively m%'t* 3%t it may? it may*

!ET* Be', it po'itively m%'t, %pon proof po'itive*

W-T* Ay, %pon proof po'itive it m%'t? b%t %pon proof pre'%mptive it

only may* That@' a logial di'tintion no(, madam*

40* A4* - pereive yo%r debate' are of importane, and very

learnedly handled*

!ET* -mportane i' one thing and learning@' another? b%t a debate@'

a debate, that - a''ert*

W-T* !et%lant@' an enemy to learning? he relie' altogether on hi'

part'*

!ET* /o, -@m no enemy to learning? it h%rt' not me*

40* A4* That@' a 'ign, indeed, it@' no enemy to yo%*

!ET* /o, no, it@' no enemy to anybody b%t them that have it*

-66A* Well, an illiterate man@' my aver'ion? - (onder at the

imp%dene of any illiterate man to offer to mae love*

W-T* That - onfe'' - (onder at, too*

-66A* Ah, to marry an ignorant that an hardly read or (riteG

!ET* Why 'ho%ld a man be any f%rther from being married, tho%gh he

an@t read, than he i' from being hangedH The ordinary@' paid for

'etting the p'alm, and the pari'h prie't for reading the eremony*

And for the re't (hih i' to follo( in both a'e', a man may do it

(itho%t boo* 0o all@' one for that*

-66A* @ye hear the reat%reH 6ord, here@' ompany? -@ll begone*

0CE/E J-5*

0-4 W-6>66 W-TW. in a riding dre'', 40* A4W.., !ET6A/T,

W-TW., >..TA/*

W-T* -n the name of 3artleme( and hi' >air, (hat have (e hereH

40* A4* @Ti' yo%r brother, - fany* on@t yo% no( himH

W-T* /ot -: ye', - thin it i' he* -@ve almo't forgot him? - have

not 'een him 'ine the revol%tion*

>..T* 0ir, my lady@' dre''ing* ;ere@' ompany, if yo% plea'e to

(al in, in the meantime*


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0-4 W-6* re''ingG What, it@' b%t morning here, - (arrant, (ith

yo% in 6ondon? (e 'ho%ld o%nt it to(ard' afternoon in o%r part'

do(n in 0hrop'hire: (hy, then, belie my a%nt han@t dined yet* ;a,

friendH

>..T* Bo%r a%nt, 'irH

0-4 W-6* y a%nt, 'irH Be' my a%nt, 'ir, and yo%r lady, 'ir? yo%r

lady i' my a%nt, 'ir* Why, (hat do't tho% not no( me, friendH

Why, then, 'end 'omebody hither that doe'* ;o( long ha't tho% lived

(ith thy lady, fello(, haH

>..T* A (ee, 'ir? longer than anybody in the ho%'e, exept my

lady@' (oman*

0-4 W-6* Why, then, belie tho% do't not no( thy lady, if tho%

'ee't her* ;a, friendH

>..T* Why, tr%ly, 'ir, - annot 'afely '(ear to her fae in a

morning, before 'he i' dre''ed* @Ti' lie - may give a 'hre(d g%e''at her by thi' time*

0-4 W-6* Well, prithee try (hat tho% an't do? if tho% an't not

g%e'', enF%ire her o%t, do't hear, fello(H And tell her her nephe(,

0ir Wilf%ll Wit(o%d, i' in the ho%'e*

>..T* - 'hall, 'ir*

0-4 W-6* ;old ye, hear me, friend, a (ord (ith yo% in yo%r ear

prithee (ho are the'e gallant'H

>..T* 4eally, 'ir, - an@t tell? here ome 'o many here, @ti' hard

to no( @em all*

0CE/E J5*

0-4 W-6>66 W-TW., !ET6A/T, W-TW., 40* A4W..*

0-4 W-6* .on', thi' fello( no(' le'' than a 'tarling - don@t

thin a no(' hi' o(n name*

40* A4* r* Wit(o%d, yo%r brother i' not behindhand in

forgetf%lne''* - fany he ha' forgot yo% too*

W-T* - hope 'o* The devil tae him that remember' fir't, - 'ay*

0-4 W-6* 0ave yo%, gentlemen and lady*

40* A4* >or 'hame, r* Wit(o%d? (hy (on@t yo% 'pea to himH::And

yo%, 'ir*

W-T* !et%lant, 'pea*

!ET* And yo%, 'ir*


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0-4 W-6* /o offene, - hopeH [0al%te' A4W..*

40* A4* /o, '%re, 'ir*

W-T* Thi' i' a vile dog, - 'ee that already* /o offeneH ;a, ha,

ha* To him, to him, !et%lant, 'moe him*

!ET* -t 'eem' a' if yo% had ome a "o%rney, 'ir? hem, hem*

[0%rveying him ro%nd*

0-4 W-6* 5ery liely, 'ir, that it may 'eem 'o*

!ET* /o offene, - hope, 'irH

W-T* 0moe the boot', the boot', !et%lant, the boot'? ha, ha, haG

0-4 W-66* aybe not, 'ir? thereafter a' @ti' meant, 'ir*

!ET* 0ir, - pre'%me %pon the information of yo%r boot'*

0-4 W-6* Why, @ti' lie yo% may, 'ir if yo% are not 'ati'fied

(ith the information of my boot', 'ir, if yo% (ill 'tep to the

'table, yo% may enF%ire f%rther of my hor'e, 'ir*

!ET* Bo%r hor'e, 'irG Bo%r hor'e i' an a'', 'irG

0-4 W-6* o yo% 'pea by (ay of offene, 'irH

40* A4* The gentleman@' merry, that@' all, 'ir* @0life, (e 'hall

have a F%arrel bet(ixt an hor'e and an a'', before they find one

another o%t*::Bo% m%'t not tae anything ami'' from yo%r friend',

'ir* Bo% are among yo%r friend' here, tho%gh it::may be yo% don@t

no( it* -f - am not mi'taen, yo% are 0ir Wilf%ll Wit(o%dH

0-4 W-6* 4ight, lady? - am 0ir Wilf%ll Wit(o%d, 'o - (rite my'elf?

no offene to anybody, - hopeH and nephe( to the 6ady Wi'hfort of

thi' man'ion*

40* A4* on@t yo% no( thi' gentleman, 'irH

0-4 W-6* ;%mG What, '%re @ti' not::yea by@r lady b%t @ti'::

@'heart, - no( not (hether @ti' or no* Bea, b%t @ti', by the

Wrein* 3rother AntonyG What, Tony, i@faithG What, do't tho% not

no( meH 3y@r lady, nor - thee, tho% art 'o beravated and 'o

beperi(igged* @0heart, (hy do't not 'peaH Art tho% o@er"oyedH

W-T* .d'o, brother, i' it yo%H Bo%r 'ervant, brother*

0-4 W-6* Bo%r 'ervantH Why, yo%r', 'ir* Bo%r 'ervant again::

@'heart, and yo%r friend and 'ervant to that::and a::[p%ff and a

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