Manly
What good can you do us in the state you're in?
Jeremy
Wine gives me wit.— Silence, I am going to speak.
Manly
Let's see.
Jeremy First of all, Miss Elizabeth must explain to her father, and do so with great discretion and charm: Dear father, you don't know what you're saying or doing.
Anna
Beautiful beginning.
Jeremy
And secondly, you must speak to this old scholar who wants to marry
Miss Elizabeth.
Manly
Well, what do I tell him?
Jeremy You will beg him very kindly (for I wish to be kind to everybody) to leave here as fast as he can, but on the condition that he never return.
Manly
Nice thing to say.
Jeremy So much the better if things fall out so that you don't have to do anything.