Dam. (L.) Proposed to her!
Miss Sky. And she asked me, if I should meet him, to say that she particularly wishes to see him this evening. Could you have thought it? I shall not give him any further encouragement. Who next will he propose to, I wonder?
Dam. Oho! my lady’s coquetry is now accounted for. What a sex it is! the more I associate with it, the more I discover to detest in it. Miss Skylark, next to Miss Macaw, I dislike you more than any woman I know. I am going to a party—I am priviledged to take a lady. Will you accept my arm?
Miss Sky. To the manor-house?
Dam. Yes.
Miss Sky. I should like very much to go. I am so curious to discover who it is that shows such an anxiety to make our acquaintance.
Dam. Take my arm. (MISS SKYLARK takes DAMPER’S arm.) That I should ever be walking with a woman in this way. Well, one can only obtain a knowledge of a pestilence by boldly venturing where it rages. Come, of course I am to be annoyed all the way there by your horrible singing propensity.
Miss Sky. (Sings.)
“Oh, come with me, my love,
And our fairy home shall be