Manly I will enjoy the happiness heaven grants me now, knowing the perfect felicity will be followed by a long period of sighing. But don't make me worry for your life, that is the bounty that I beg on my knees.
Elizabeth Yes, I promise you, I'll be all right. Manly, get up—if you are caught in that position all will be lost.
Manly
No—I won't get up until you swear to me.
Anna
Peace! I hear someone.
(Enter Belinda, about ten years old.)
Belinda Ah, ah, my sister, I caught you at it. A man at your feet. It's very cute—really, ha, ha, ha.
Elizabeth
Oh, I am in despair. She will tell everything to my father.
Jeremy
Plague on the little critter.
Anna
What do you want here, Miss?
Belinda You don't think of me. You each have one of your own, but you leave me without one.