Olivia:
Then I must never see you again!
(Exit Olivia)
Laura: Cadwell, I must leave. (in a tone marked with rage) I cannot leave her much longer in her error.
(Exit Laura)
Cadwell: What do you make of that? Laura doesn't appear to me much disabused. The uncertainty she was in when leaving me, her eyes which couldn't keep back some tears—all these things bode me no good. My shock at first, would have betrayed me without a doubt. What does it matter? Well, so much the worse for her. I take every precaution possible to spare her chagrin. If she must chagrin herself, I consent. The trick I'm using is not true, but it's possibly true or so it appears to me, and she ought always to give me consideration for the trouble I take to try to deceive her.
(Enter Worthy)
Worthy:
Ah, my dear Cadwell, I am delighted.
Cadwell:
Eh! What for, Worthy?
Worthy:
By what they just told me.
Cadwell:
Eh! What have they just told you?