Clar. He certainly will, and therefore you must assist me to combat him.
P. Coun. Who, I? How came you to think so? Well, we will leave the cause to take its due course, and so should you.--
Clar. Ay, ay, Jack.
P. Coun. Besides, I must tell you, Reissman proposes to give me his daughter.
Clar. So I hear. The lady has all my best wishes. Heaven prosper your union! But sure you would not begin it by an act of injustice!
P. Coun. No, certainly not! But why would you, suppose even though Reissman were wrong,--why would you, for the sake of strangers, destroy my happiness?
Clar. Can poor, injured, unhappy children, in any situation, be strangers to me? And have wards, intrusted to my care, fewer titles to my assistance than my own children? And have not you, in the name of the magistrates, appointed me one of their guardians?
P. Coun. That, as they are unfortunate, I might see them in good hands.
Clar. Why, they are in good hands. I am come to request you to see the business speedily executed. Of the verdict itself I will make no mention. You will act as an honest man, or else I must despise you, and look for redress elsewhere. Meanwhile, I tell you, the children shall not go to the hospital, because that is impracticable.
P. Coun. Father, I Have given my word.