(Exeunt, L., Mr. L., Mrs. L., Agnes, Aunt R. and Philip. Mr. C. remains.)
(Curtain falls.)
THE HYPOCHONDRIAC CURED.
CHARACTERS.
| Mr. Crowell, | A Hypochondriac. |
| Maria Davidson, | His Niece. |
| Mrs. Foster, | His Housekeeper. |
| Mr. Preston, | A Friend, disguised as a Policeman. |
Scene I.—The house-keeper’s room. Mrs. Foster (an elderly person wearing spectacles) sits knitting, L. Maria enters R., and sits down, wearily.
Mrs. Foster. Well, Maria, you look tired enough.
Maria. I do feel rather tired.
Mrs. F. (emphatically). It’s a shame for any man to be so trying as your uncle is. He hasn’t any business to be so, even if he is sick. It’s nothing but scold and fret from morning till night. And the more you do, the more you may. You can’t please him any way you can fix it.
M. I’ve tried to please him, but haven’t succeeded. Now I’m going to see if I can’t cure him both of his fault-finding and his sickness.