ACT THE THIRD.
SCENE I.
Sir Simon Rochdale's Library.
Enter Sir Simon Rochdale and the Earl of Fitz Balaam.
Sir Simon. Believe me, my lord, the man I wish'd most to meet in my library this morning, was the Earl of Fitz Balaam.
Lord Fitz. Thank you, Sir Simon.
Sir Simon. Your arrival, a day before your promise, gives us such convenient leisure to talk over the arrangements, relative to the marriage of Lady Caroline Braymore, your lordship's daughter, with my son.
Lord Fitz. True, Sir Simon.
Sir Simon. Then, while Lady Caroline is at her toilet, we'll dash into business at once; for I know your lordship is a man of few words. They tell me, my lord, you have sat in the Upper House, and said nothing but aye and no, there, for these thirty years.