Chr. Nay, let him do as he likes.

Men.He’ll do it—everything.

Sost. This must seem strange at first & disagreeable,

Before you have even thought of it. When you know more of it,

You’ll like it.

Pam.I will, father.

Chr.Good! son: for though a wife

Is an evil, she is a necessary evil, and one to which

You will get accustomed in time. ’Tis more respectable too

To be married; and the only cure for a temper such as yours.