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.)
SCENE XI.
Enter Gernau and Frederica.
Clar. Jack is my son once more,--vivat! huzza! husband and wife! (steps between them,) son and daughter! (Embraces him.)
Fred. What?
Gern. How?
Clar. More of it another time.
P. Coun. I will resign.
Clar. Look you here, my sweet girl! he was not calculated for it, no more than a true genuine christian Privy Counsellor is calculated for a carpenter. He has had some learning indeed; but then all that solid by-work, such as is requisite for a Privy Counsellor, of that he never was possessed; and so sit down to work. I must work too; we will scrape plenty of money together, without wronging any one. Daughter-in-law, Frederica, and I, will nurse him as the best soul we know. Now pray give the girl a kiss, that I may believe in the relationship.--(Sophia kisses her.)--And Jack too, that I may be quite happy!--(Sophia gives him a kiss.)--And so God bless you in your pursuits!