Hol. (aside.) Ah! Ah! she has not insulted me by offering me money.
[Exit, C.
Con. What and who is this Mr. Holder?
Fle. A copyist; he is often here. You have produced a singular effect upon him.
Con. Then I am to understand that but for the intercession of this good creature I should have received by post, stamped at its full value, the gracious compliment.
Fle. On second thoughts I might not have sent my letter.
Con. The fact is that you are like Macbeth, “Letting, I dare not, wait upon I would.” My dear sir, between ourselves, you want it here (touching her forehead); you do indeed!
Fle. Confess, now, that you rehearsed to-day on purpose to turn the whole piece into ridicule.
Con. Well, and if I did—the piece deserves it? A father—a daughter—the old story, old as the world.
Fle. What matters, if the situations are new.