Con. “Yes.
Hol. “The lady at first received you unkindly, is it not so? Soon she would not part with you?
Con. “Yes; but how know you that?
Hol. “I know it”——
Con. You are quite affected. You are perfect to a letter, and rehearse it charmingly—much better than Melfort. You ought to have been an actor.
Hol. I could not act all parts like this!
Fle. Go on! You do it much better, much better! Go on!
Hol. “Five years passed, when one day this old lady called you to her. ‘This is your home,’ said she—‘the moment has arrived when I must depart.’
Con. “Her very words!
Hol. “And she quitted you—she exhibited no sign of affection for you—she only announced to you, that a man would shortly present himself to you. This man—