SURFACE. Your very obedient——
SIR OLIVER. Your most obsequious——
SURFACE. You may depend on hearing from me whenever I can be of service——
SIR OLIVER. Sweet Sir—you are too good——
SURFACE. In the mean time I wish you Health and Spirits——
SIR OLIVER. Your ever grateful and perpetual humble Servant——
SURFACE. Sir—yours as sincerely——
SIR OLIVER. Charles!—you are my Heir.
[Exit.]
SURFACE, solus Soh!—This is one bad effect of a good Character—it invites applications from the unfortunate and there needs no small degree of address to gain the reputation of Benevolence without incurring the expence.—The silver ore of pure Charity is an expensive article in the catalogue of a man's good Qualities—whereas the sentimental French Plate I use instead of it makes just as good a shew—and pays no tax.