Hastings
Hello, sis.
Urania
Good day, brother, dear.
Hastings This is lucky, I was going to your house to speak to you on some business.
Urania
This place is as good as any. You won't annoy me.
Hastings
I want to marry Flavella off.
Urania That's not a bad idea. Your daughter is getting big, you know. People ask me how I can have such a grown up niece.
Hastings And our solicitor, Mr. Torrington, whose zeal for our family, you know, has found a good match for her. A young man endowed with wit and character—who possesses more than sixty thousand pounds which he has just inherited from an uncle. Torrington is the trustee of the estate, and has written me that the young heir will arrive today.
Urania
I am truly easy. I think it's a fine idea.
Hastings This marriage would be a great advantage for our family. So, seeing that you are no longer interested in remarrying, I thought we might endow Flavella with your estate—reserving a life estate for you until your death.
Urania
Until my death! Truly, brother, this project is very appealing to me!
I will do no such thing. My death, indeed!