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.