Come, my dear—Excuse me, madam—my child is really not well—feel her hand—I am afraid she's feverish.
(The Apothecary steps aside, and whispers—)
Madam, you had better give miss a little senna and a puke; if it operates six times, it will be sufficient.
(They go to the Playhouse.)
Mr Woods comes on the stage, and makes a genteel apology, that the play, from an accident, must be put off for half an hour.
In the meantime, Mrs Kennedy (though not expressed in the bills) obligingly appears, and sings—
How sweet's the love
That meets return.
Then a beautiful young girl, dressed in the character of Spring, sings, and skimming along the stage,—
When you hear a mournful tale,