Don J. Welcome, fair maid, into this family,
Where, whilst you take a servant's name upon you,
To do my sister honour, you must allow
Its master to be yours, and that by strongest ties,
Knowing who plac'd you here, and having eyes.
Elv. I wish my service, sir, to her and you
May merit such a happy introduction.
Don J. Farewell, sister, till anon: accompanied
As now you are, I think you'll miss me little. [Exit Julio.
Blan. I must confess, I ne'er could better spare you
Than at this time, but not for any reason
That you, I hope, can guess at.
Francisca, you and Silvia may retire,
[Exeunt Elvira and Francisca.
And entertain yourselves: I'll to my closet,
And try to rest, or (rather) to vent freely
My restless thoughts. O, the self-torturing part [Aside.
To force complaisance from a jealous heart! [Exit.
FOOTNOTES:
[5] The errors Dodsley committed, and Reed allowed to remain, in the course of this play, were very numerous: it has been thought worth while to point out only a few of them in the notes.—Collier.
[6] The substitution of my for her, in opposition to the authority of the old copy, till now made this passage unintelligible.—Collier.
[7] In former editions misprinted—