Enter Nicholas Vedder and Dame Vedder (formerly Dame van Winkle).
Dame. 'Tis very hard for the poor girl.
Vedder. Yes; but 'tis your fault. You shouldn't have had a fool and a sot for your first husband.
Dame. [Aside.] And I didn't ought to have had a bear for my second.
Vedder. What did you say?
Dame. Nothing—nothing.
Vedder. Well, don't say it again. Because Lowena will have to be the wife of Herman Van Slaus, that's settled!
Dame. But he's a most disreputable man, and my poor child detests him.
Vedder. Well, she won't be the first wife that has detested her husband.
Dame. No; I should think not, indeed.