Nig. To tell her that I can’t live without her—to tell her that my anti-matrimonial persuader is removed—that I’m a free man, and that I wish to marry her immediately—and repair the wrong that I have done her at once—before my connubial furor may again fluctuate.
Che. She is gone——
Nig. Gone! Where?
Che. To London!
Nig. Ah, my cruelty has driven her there.
Che. That, and the flight of an agent, to whose care she had entrusted her property.
Nig. Eh! what? flight of an agent—is she then in distress?—without a penny?
Che. ’Tis feared so, sir.
Nig. Huzza! That was the obstacle she alluded to—that is the reason she has avoided me—I am glad of it—I have now an opportunity of proving the disinterestedness of my passion for her. [DAMPER appears F.D.] Oh, madam (To MISS MACAW.)—what do I not owe to you? ’Tis you—you have removed this incubus—’Tis you that have spurred this nightmare from my bosom, to take him to your own. Generous woman, let me embrace you.