Simon. Mistress Margaret will have need of some refreshment, etc.
Lamb has drawn his pen through this passage, and marked it "bad or dubious."
[Footnote 37: Some lines intervene here in the letter to Southey of
January 21, 1799, which are not in the MS.]
At the beginning of the fourth act John Woodvil's soliloquy is broken
in upon by Sandford. He has just told himself [page 186] that
Some, the most resolved fools of all,
Have told their dearest secrets in their cups,
when
Enter Sandford in haste.
Sandford. O Sir, you have not told them anything?
John. Told whom, Sandford?
Sandford. Mr. Lovel or Mr. Gray, anything concerning your father?