Sir Fran. Ah cousin! I doubt I am obliged to you for it.
Man. Come, come, Sir Francis! take it as you find it. Obedience in a wife is a good thing, though it were never so wonderful——And now, Sir, we have nothing to do but dispose of this gentleman.
Count Bas. Mr. Manly! Sir, I hope you won't ruin me.
Man. Did not you forge this note for five hundred pounds, Sir?
Count Bas. Sir——I see you know the world, and therefore I shall not pretend to prevaricate——But it has hurt nobody yet, Sir! I beg you will not stigmatize me! since you have spoil'd my fortune in one family, I hope you won't be so cruel to a young fellow, as to put it out of my power, Sir, to make it in another, Sir!
Man. Look you, Sir, I have not much time to waste with you: but if you expect mercy yourself, you must show it to one you have been cruel to.
Count Bas. Cruel, Sir!
Man. Have not you ruin'd this young woman?
Count Bas. I, Sir!
Man. I know you have——therefore you can't blame her, if, in the fact you are charg'd with, she is a principal witness against you. However, you have one and one only chance to get off with. Marry her this instant——and you take off her evidence.