Countess. Never forget a morning will succeed.
[Exeunt.
SCENE II.
The skirts of the Park, Lodge, &c. as before.
Enter Baron.
Bar. On earth there is but one such pair. They shall not be parted. Yet what I have undertaken is not so easy as I at first hoped. What can I answer when he asks me, whether I would persuade him to renounce his character, and become the derision of society? For he is right: a faithless wife is a dishonour! and to forgive her, is to share her shame. What though Adelaide may be an exception; a young deluded girl, who has so long and so sincerely repented, yet what cares an unfeeling world for this? The world! he has quitted it. 'Tis evident he loves her still; and upon this assurance builds my sanguine heart the hope of a happy termination to an honest enterprise.
Enter Francis with two Children, William and Amelia.
Fra. Come along, my pretty ones—come.
Will. Is it far to home?
Fra. No, we shall be there directly, now.