Nig. (To DAMPER.) I don’t know whether to regard you as my good or my evil genius; but, whichever you are, I must follow her.
Dam. Don’t be weak.
Nig. What is the obstacle that for ever prevents our union?
Dam. Me, I dare say; yet, whatever it may be, don’t seek to know—be ignorant and be blest.
Nig. I must, I will know; such is the perversity of human nature, that now I have lost all hope of being a married man, I have a greater longing than ever for the name. I will follow her and learn the obstacle.
Dam. Stay where you are.
Nig. I can’t. I feel that I can’t.
Dam. Then I’ll go with you.
Nig. You had better not.