Bendish:
Nobody is speaking of anything else downstairs.
Cadwell: But is Laura persuaded that the thing is as I wish her to understand it?
Bendish:
Apparently, since she wanted to know if you will sup with her.
Cadwell:
On my oath, this is really funny.
Bendish:
Very droll.
Cadwell: Assuredly, she doubts nothing. What she has just sent to ask confirms that sufficiently. But finish. What did Caroline want with me?
Bendish: That she never wants to see you; that she regards you at all times as a man without faith, without honor, slanderous, indiscreet, a traitor, rascal, unfaithful.
Cadwell:
Eh! What did you say?
Bendish: I said nothing, sir. It was Charlotte. (pulling from his pocket a pair of gloves and presenting them to Cadwell) Still, she gave me a pair of gloves to oblige you to go there. (The Petite Chevalier appears) Wait —here's her nephew who has come to fetch you without a doubt.
(Enter the Little Gentleman)