[ACT III.]
SCENE, Mrs. Amlet's House.
Enter Dick.
Where's this old woman?——A hey. What the devil, nobody at home? Ha! her strong box!—--And the key in't! 'tis so. Now fortune be my friend. What the duce——Not a penny of money in cash!—--Nor a chequer note!—--Nor a Bank bill——[Searching the strong box.]——Nor a crooked stick! Nor a——Mum——here's something——A diamond necklace, by all the Gods! Oons the old woman——Zest.
[Claps the necklace in his pocket, then runs and asks her blessing.]
Enter Mrs. Amlet.
----Pray mother, pray to, &c.
Aml. Is it possible!—--Dick upon his humble knee! Ah my dear child!—--May heaven be good unto thee.
Dick. I'm come, my dear mother, to pay my duty to you, and to ask your consent to——