ALICIA. Oh, Mrs. Woodford, you will soon see London and my dear mother, and I am left in this horrid place. MRS. WOODFORD. Don’t weep my dear, your aunt is a charming woman and you will soon be very happy in the country. Good morning; I shall tell your mother that I left you well. (_Exit_ MRS. WOODFORD.) [Illustration: PL. XX.— A CHART OF THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, BY MARY ANN LEWIS The original is 6 feet long and 1 foot 9 inches wide. The centuries and years are given down the sides, and the names of the emperors, kings, queens, etc. are inserted in their proper places along the curved lines ] ALICIA, (_walking about and crying_.) Happy in the country! That is impossible. (_Enter_ CONSTANCE.) CONSTANCE. Dear cousin— ALICIA. Have I not even the privilege of being alone? I am not used Miss Leyster, to be thus intruded upon! Ah, I am indeed very little used to anything I can expect to meet with here! CONSTANCE. My dearest cousin, I beg you to pardon me, if I am an intruder. I came to see if I could do anything to comfort you; but if you wish me gone, I will leave you, but why should you wish it? Suffer me to be your friend; suffer me if possible, to make you happy! ALICIA. You are very good; better than I either expected or deserved. You know I have much to lament; leave me, pray, my dear, I will soon come down. _Scene III._ (CONSTANTIA, _and_ ALICIA, MRS. LEYSTER, MR. _and_ MRS. SYDNEY. MR. SYDNEY _writing at a desk_.) MRS. SYDNEY, (_speaking to a servant, who enters_.) Tell Edward and Harriet, their little friends have come. I am sorry, Mrs. Leyster, you did not bring Helen; she is nearer my daughter’s age, than Constance. (_Enter_ HARRIET SYDNEY, _running into the room_.) HARRIET. Mama, Ned says he won’t come! MRS. SYDNEY. Very pretty indeed! Pray what is he doing? HARRIET. He is making a cart, and when it is done, we are going to draw it about the court, full of stones. MRS. SYDNEY. We! What, have you been helping him? HARRIET. Yes, I have, and you cannot think how droll it will be. MRS. SYDNEY. However that is, you will please to sit down now. Don’t you see Miss Leyster, and here is Miss Wyndham her cousin from London. HARRIET (_advancing with her head poked down and her finger in her mouth_.) MRS. SYDNEY. Do, Mr. Sydney, speak to her! Do you see she does not mind me? MR. SYDNEY.