—My son and daughter the exemplary!

Time for me to retire now, having placed

Proud on their pedestal the pair: in turn,

Let them do homage to their master! You,—

Well, your flushed cheek and flashing eye proclaim

Sufficiently your gratitude: you paid

The honorarium, the ten thousand pounds

To purpose, did you not? I told you so!

And you,—but, bless me, why so pale—so faint

At influx of good fortune? Certainly,