Countess Stop the singing. I perceive that instead of rejoicing you, something saddens you. There's something here I don't understand. When I marry a nephew who displeases you so much that you are sending him away—

Bramble
Send him away, Madame, that's what I wish—

Countess
And, when I take your niece off your hands—

Widow
You please me greatly, Madame.

Countess
Arabella will leave tomorrow for Scotland.

Widow
I consent, but—

Countess
And your nephew to Wales—

Bramble
That's what I want—but—

Countess
Why then, are you both irritated, when I do what contents each of you?

Lucy
Madame doesn't want to be separated from her only niece.