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all   in  a  flutter。 Young;    handsome:     these   he  put   last;  but  I  put  them 

foremost。     Sensible; good…natured; I like all that。       But then reserved and 

sheepish; that's much against him。          Yet can't he be cured of his timidity; 

by being taught to be proud of his wife?          Yes; and can't IBut I vow I'm 

disposing of the husband before I have secured the lover。 

       Enter MISS NEVILLE。 

       MISS   HARDCASTLE。            I'm   glad  you're   come;   Neville;   my   dear。 

Tell   me;   Constance;    how    do  I  look  this  evening?     Is  there   anything 

whimsical about me?         Is it one of my well…looking days; child?         Am I in 

face to…day? 

    MISS NEVILLE。           Perfectly;  my dear。      Yet now I look againbless 

me!sure no   accident   has happened   among   the   canary  birds   or the gold 

fishes。   Has your brother or the cat been meddling? or has the last novel 

been too moving? 

    MISS      HARDCASTLE。            No;    nothing    of  all  this。  I   have   been 

threatenedI can scarce get it outI have been threatened with a lover。 

    MISS NEVILLE。           And his name 

    MISS HARDCASTLE。               Is Marlow。 

    MISS NEVILLE。           Indeed! 

    MISS HARDCASTLE。               The son of Sir Charles Marlow。 

    MISS NEVILLE。           As I live; the most intimate friend of Mr。 Hastings; 

my admirer。      They are never asunder。        I believe you must have seen him 

when we lived in town。 



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     MISS HARDCASTLE。              Never。 

     MISS     NEVILLE。        He's    a  very   singular   character;   I  assure   you。 

Among women of reputation and virtue he is the modestest man alive; but 

his   acquaintance   give   him  a   very  different   character   among   creatures   of 

another stamp: you understand me。 

     MISS HARDCASTLE。               An odd character indeed。         I shall never be 

able to manage him。        What shall I do?      Pshaw; think no more of him; but 

trust to occurrences for success。         But how goes on your own affair;   my 

dear? has my mother been courting you for my brother Tony as usual? 

     MISS NEVILLE。          I have just come from one of our agreeable tete…a… 

tetes。   She has   been saying   a hundred   tender things;  and setting   off her 

pretty monster as the very pink of perfection。 

     MISS HARDCASTLE。               And her partiality is such; that she actually 

thinks him so。      A fortune like yours is no small temptation。           Besides; as 

she has the sole management of it; I'm not surprised to see her unwilling to 

let it go out of the family。 

     MISS     NEVILLE。       A   fortune    like  mine;  which    chiefly   consists   in 

jewels;    is  no  such   mighty    temptation。    But    at  any   rate;  if  my   dear 

Hastings be but constant; I make no doubt to be too hard for her at last。 

However; I let her suppose that I am in love with her son; and she never 

once dreams that my affections are fixed upon another。 

     MISS HARDCASTLE。              My good brother holds out stoutly。          I could 

almost love him for hating you so。 

     MISS   NEVILLE。         It   is   a   good…natured   creature   at   bottom;   and   I'm 

sure   would   wish   to   see   me   married   to   anybody   but   himself。  But   my 

aunt's    bell  rings   for  our   afternoon's    walk   round    the  improvements。 

Allons!     Courage is necessary; as our affairs are critical。 

     MISS HARDCASTLE。              〃Would it were bed…time; and all were well。〃 

'Exeunt。' 

       SCENEAn Alehouse   Room。            Several shabby  Fellows   with   punch 

and tobacco。      TONY at the head of the table; a little higher than the rest; 

a mallet in his hand。 

       OMNES。       Hurrea! hurrea! hurrea! bravo! 

     FIRST FELLOW           Now; gentlemen; silence for a song。            The 'squire 



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is going to knock himself down for a song。 

     OMNES。        Ay; a song; a song! 

     TONY。       Then     I'll  sing  you;  gentlemen;     a  song    I  made    upon   this 

alehouse; the Three Pigeons。 

       SONG。 

     Let    schoolmasters      puzzle    their   brain            With     grammar;     and 

nonsense;      and   learning;   Good     liquor;  I  stoutly   maintain;           Gives 

GENUS        a  better  discerning。     Let  them    brag   of  their  heathenish     gods; 

Their Lethes; their Styxes; and Stygians; Their Quis; and their Quaes; and 

their     Quods;                    They're      all   but    a   parcel     of   Pigeons。 

Toroddle; toroddle; toroll。 

     When      methodist     preachers     come    down;              A…preaching       that 

drinking     is  sinful;  I'll  wager   the  rascals   a  crown;           They     always 

preach   best   with   a   skinful。   But   when   you   come   down   with   your   pence; 

For    a  slice  of  their  scurvy   religion;    I'll  leave  it  to  all  men  of  sense; 

But you; my good friend; are the Pigeon。                            Toroddle; toroddle; 

toroll。 

     Then come; put the jorum about;                  And let us be merry and clever; 

Our hearts and our liquors are stout;                 Here's the Three Jolly Pigeons 

for   ever。  Let   some   cry  up   woodcock or   hare;            Your   bustards;   your 

ducks;     and    your   widgeons;      But   of   all  the   GAY     birds    in  the   air; 

Here's a health to the Three Jolly Pigeons。                         Toroddle; toroddle; 

toroll。 

       OMNES。        Bravo; bravo! 

     FIRST FELLOW。            The 'squire has got spunk in him。 

     SECOND   FELLOW。             I   loves   to   hear   him   sing;   bekeays   he   never 

gives us nothing that's low。 

     THIRD FELLOW。             O damn anything that's low; I cannot bear it。 

     FOURTH FELLOW。              The genteel thing is the genteel thing any time: 

if so be that a gentleman bees in a concatenation accordingly。 

     THIRD FELLOW。             I likes the maxum of it; Master Muggins。             What; 

though I am obligated to dance a bear; a man may be a gentleman for all 

that。   May   this   be   my   poison;   if   my   bear   ever   dances   but   to   the   very 

genteelest of tunes; 〃Water Parted;〃 or 〃The minuet in Ariadne。〃 



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     SECOND FELLOW。             What a pity it is the 'squire is not come to his 

own。     It   would   be   well   for   all   the   publicans   within   ten   miles   round   of 

him。 

    TONY。       Ecod; and so it would; Master Slang。          I'd then show what it 

was to keep choice of company。 

     SECOND FELLOW。             O he takes after his own father for that。       To be 

sure old 'Squire Lumpkin was the finest gentleman I ever set my eyes on。 

For winding the straight horn; or beating a thicket for a hare; or a wench; 

he never had his fellow。       It was a saying in the place; that he kept the best 

horses; dogs; and girls; in the whole county。 

    TONY。       Ecod; and when I'm of age; I'll be no bastard; I promise you。 

I have been thinking of Bet Bouncer and the miller's grey mare to begin 

with。    But   come;   my   boys;   drink   about   and   be   merry;   for   you   pay   no 

reckoning。     Well; Stingo; what's the matter? 

       Enter Landlord。 

       LANDLORD。         There be two gentlemen in a post…chaise at the door。 

They have lost their way upo' the forest; and they are talking something 

about Mr。 Hardcastle。 

    TONY。       As sure as can be; one of them must be the gentleman that's 

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