I am glad I heard of those bills; though it's plaguy unlucky; I hoped to see Mary married before I died.
MANLY
Will you permit a gentleman, Sir, to offer himself as a suitor to your daughter? Though a stranger to you, he is not altogether so to her, or unknown in this city. You may find a son-in-law of more fortune, but you can never meet with one who is richer in love for her, or respect for you.
VAN ROUGH
Why, Mary, you have not let this gentleman make love to you without my leave?
MANLY
I did not say, Sir—
MARIA
Say, Sir!—I—the gentleman, to be sure, met me accidentally.