SCENE X.
Enter Master Clarenbach.
Clar. What is the matter, my son?
P. Coun. Can you conceive it, father? I shall not be a Privy Counsellor much longer.
Clar. How so?
P. Coun. I will lay down my gown, and, with heart and soul, work as I did, before I was raised to that office.
Clar. In earnest? can I rely on it?
P. Coun. Sophia has resigned her fortune on my account, and I shall resign it on hers;--I do not wish for any high office! I am going to re-enter the tranquil class of the industrious citizens. She consents to be my wife. It is her wish, and I see peace and happiness spring from out of it.
Soph. Does it meet with your approbation, father?
Clar. Ay! You ought to read it in my countenance; I would fain open the window, and call out, Jack is no more a Privy Counsellor,--vivat! And then there is a pretty, amiable, discreet young lady, that is not possessed with the demon of pride,--vivat! and she will be Master Clarenbach's daughter in law,--vivat! huzza, I say, Gernau! Girl, come, give me a kiss! (They kiss.)