Jeremy
How? What way?
Trippet
Marry my mistress.
Jeremy What, me! For God's sake, my dear friend, if you don't have a better idea than that, Rosebud is going to hang.
Worthy
Oh, it's too much. Colonel. You've go to give it up. Free him.
Jeremy
That's easy for you to say. But, if you were in my place—the rank of
Colonel would cause you to speak differently.
Worthy
No—word of honor.
Jeremy All right! You marry her and I consent at that price to spare the deserter.
Trippet
Come no, Mr. Major, consider how charming she is.
Worthy I have little taste for marriage—but to please the Colonel—I'll do it. But, only if the doctor gives me a large dowry. It is not right to marry a woman who brings nothing.
Jeremy He's right, Doctor. It's necessary to make it worth his while. Make over all your wealth to him.