Hol. It’s very pretty. There is one part in particular that affected me to tears.
Fle. Which was that?
Hol. The scene where the father finds his daughter.
Fle. (aside). The very part that Miss Constance Belmour absolutely murders.
Hol. It’s fine, very fine! The father speaks as a father should; I, if I found myself in a similar situation, I feel I should express myself exactly as you have written.
Fle. The eulogium pleases me infinitely.
Hol. I have read that scene over at least ten times. I know it by heart.
Fle. Indeed!
Hol. Let me see—“My child! my child! come to my arms. It is you alone can efface the sufferings of twenty years!”
Fle. That’s it; that’s just what I mean.