Has. Aurelia!—O! I have not seen her I know not when—and besides my acquaintance with her relations in England, there is a frank simplicity about her that—
Enter Sir Luke, Aurelia, and Elvirus.
Sir Luke. You shou'd have introduced the gentleman before—I assure you, Sir, [To Elvirus.] I did not know, nor shou'd I have known, if I had not accidentally come into the room.
[Haswell starts, on seeing Elvirus.
Sir Luke. [To Lady Tremor.] A relation of Aurelia's—a Mr. Glanmore, my dear, just arrived from England; who call'd to pass a few minutes with us, before he sets off to the part of India he is to reside in. [Elvirus and Aurelia appear in the utmost embarrassment and confusion.
Lady. I hope, Sir, your stay with us will not be so short as Sir Luke has mentioned?
Elv. Pardon me, Madam, it must—the caravan, with which I travel, goes off this evening, and I must accompany it.
Has. [Aside.] I doubted before; but the voice confirms me.
[Looking on Elvirus.
Lady. Why, you only arrived this morning, did you, Mr. Glanmore? you came passenger in the same ship, then, with Mr. Twineall?