Co. Ay, so you shall, but it shall be what I lend you out of it.
Pa. I know your waggish Tricks well enough.
Co. I'm not to be compar'd to you for that.
Pa. Nay, you are the veriest Wag in Nature, you are nothing but Waggery; you make a Jest of a serious Matter. In this Affair it is far easier Matter to teaze me than it is to please me. The Matter is of too great a Consequence to be made a Jest on. If you were in my Case you would not be so gamesome; you make a mere Game of me; you game and banter me. You joke upon me in a Thing that is not a joking Matter.
Co. I don't jeer you, I speak what I think. Indeed I do not laugh, I speak my Mind. I speak seriously. I speak from my Heart. I speak sincerely. I speak the Truth.
Pa. So may your Cap stand always upon your Head, as you speak sincerely. But do I stand loitering here, and make no haste Home to see how all Things go there?
Co. You'll find a great many Things new.
Pa. I believe I shall; but I wish I may find all Things as I would have them.
Co. We may all wish so if we will, but never any Body found it so yet.
Pa. Our Rambles will do us both this Good, that we shall like Home the better for Time to come.