Tom. So have I, Kitty.

Kitty. You too, Tom? A pair of serious questions! Shall I get out my handkerchief?

Nat. Kitty, I have sought you for the last time.

Tom. Thank Heaven!

Nat. Perhaps—

Tom. O, Kitty, give him your blessing, and let him depart!

Nat. I am on the point of leaving—

Tom. Good-by, old fellow. You have our fondest wishes where'er you go. "'Tis absence makes the heart grow fonder"—

Nat.—Of leaving my fate in your hands.

Tom. Oh, this is touching!