[Exit Miss Alton.
Enter Prompt. [Looking about.]
Mrs. Sagely. Who are you, sir? What are you looking for?
Prompt. Madam, I was looking——I was looking—for you.
Mrs. Sagely. Well, sir, and what do you want.
Prompt. [Still prying about.] Madam, I want——I want—I want—
Mrs. Sagely. To rob the house, perhaps.
Prompt. Just the contrary, Madam—to see that all is safe within it.—You have a treasure in your possession that I would not have lost for the world—A young lady.
Mrs. Sagely. Indeed!—begone about your business, friend—there are no young ladies to be spoke with here.
Prompt. Lord, madam, I don't desire to speak with her—My attentions go to ladies of the elder sort—I come to make proposals to you alone.