Marcelina. Youthful and generous!
Doctor. As a Highwayman.
Marcelina. As a Nobleman—
Doctor. Pshaw, impossible! what on the very day he is going to marry another?
Marcelina. “Things more improbable have come to pass.
Doctor. “But your motive?
Marcelina. “For you, Doctor, I have no secrets.
Doctor. “Women seldom have for Doctors.
Marcelina. “I own our sex, though timid, is ardent in the pursuit of pleasure. There is, in all our bosoms, a small still voice which unceasing cries—Woman, be as beautiful as thou canst, as virtuous as thou wilt, but, at all events, be conspicuous, be talk’d about; for thy Wisdom, if thou hast it—if not for thy Folly.
Doctor. “She utters Oracles—Well, well, accomplish this, and I will engage you shall be talk’d about.”