Volume Iv Part 99 (2/2)

WOMEN.

_Mirtilla_, Mrs. _Knight_.

_Olivia_, Mrs. _Verbruggen_.

_Teresia_, Mrs. _Temple_.

Lady _Blunder_, Mrs. _Powell_.

Mrs. _Manage_, Mrs. _Willis_.

Lady _Youthley_, Mrs. _Harris_.

_Diana_.

Constable and Watch, Pages, Footmen, Masqueraders, Servants, Rakeh.e.l.ls, &c.

ACT I.

SCENE I. A Chamber.

Enter _George Marteen_, in a rich Riding Habit, with his Valet _Britton_.

_Geo._ Were you with Mrs. _Manage_, _Britton_?

_Britt._ Yes, Sir; and she cries as much for her wanting room for you in her House, as she would have done some forty Years ago for a Disappointment of her Lover. But she a.s.sures me, the Lodging she has taken for you, is the best in all _Lincolns-Inn-Fields_.

_Geo._ And did you charge her to send _Mirtilla's_ Page to me?

_Britt._ I did, Sir; and he'll be with you instantly.

_Geo._ 'Tis well--Then shall I hear some News of my _Mirtilla_.

[Aside.

_Britton_, haste thee, and get my Equipage in order; a handsome Coach, rich Liveries, and more Footmen: for 'tis Appearance only pa.s.ses in the World--And d'ye hear, take care none know me by any other Name than that of _Lejere_.

_Britt._ I shall, Sir. [Exit.

_Geo._ I came not from _Paris_ into _England_, as my old Father thinks, to reform into a dull wretched Life in _Wales._ No, I'll rather trust my kind Mistress Fortune, that has still kept me like her Darling, than purchase a younger Brother's narrow Stipend, at the expence of my Pleasure and Happiness.

Enter _Olivia_ in a Page's Habit. She runs and embraces _George_.

_Oliv._ My ever charming Brother!

_Geo._ My best, my dear _Olivia_!

_Oliv._ The same lovely Man still! Thy Gallantry and Beauty's all thy own; _Paris_ could add no Graces to thy Air; nor yet pervert it into Affectation.

_Geo._ Spare me, and tell me how _Mirtilla_ fares.

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