SERJEANT.
True; and then for such a time too—three weeks! I wonder they expect folks to remember. It is like a retainer in Michaelmas term for the summer assizes.
Sir LUKE.
Not but, upon these occasions, no man in England is more punctual than——
Enter a Servant, who gives Sir Luke a Letter.
From whom?
SERVANT.
Earl of Brentford. The servant waits for an answer.
Sir LUKE.
Answer!—By your leave, Mr. Serjeant and Charlot. [Reads.] "Taste for music—Mons. Duport—fail—Dinner upon table at five"—Gadso! I hope Sir Gregory's servant an't gone.