Co. But that Pleasure can't really be call'd Pleasure that carries an ill Name and bad Conscience with it.
Pa. You say true, and therefore I design to divert the Tediousness of Solitude by a Conversation with Books.
Co. They are the pleasantest Companions in the World. But do you intend to return to your Fishing again?
Pa. Yes, I would, if I could get a fresh Bait.
Co. Would you have a golden one or a silver one?
Pa. Either of them.
Co. Be of good Cheer, your Father will supply you.
Pa. He'll part with nothing; and especially he'll not trust me again, when he comes to understand I have spent what I had to no Purpose.
Co. That's the Chance of the Dice.
Pa. But he don't like those Dice.