Soph. Can I be easy with that? It is lamentable, that I have no other means left.
Clar. My son has acted as a man of honour ought. He would not leave me till I had given him my word, neither to act nor to speak against your father.
Soph. You have given it.
Clar. And will keep it.
Soph. I will acknowledge it with filial affection, with the same care and attention as if I were your own daughter.
Clar. Jack has obtained you by noble means, dear daughter; that is a good and laudable commencement of the marriage-state.
SCENE VI.
Enter Gernau.
Gern. Dear old man, I have forgotten all the wrongs the Privy Counsellor ever did me. They now vanish like a dream. He has more than compensated for all.
Soph. With respect to you?