WOFF. Yes; sure those kind eyes and bright smiles one traces, Are not deceptive _masks_--but honest _faces._ I'd swear it--but if your hands make it certain, Then all is right on both sides of the curtain. [CURTAIN FALLS.] PRINTED BY HARRISON AND SONS, LONDON GAZETTE OFFICE, ST. MARTIN'S LANE. Transcriber's Note This transcription is based on images digitized by the University of Toronto and posted by the Internet Archive at: https://archive.org/details/masksfacesorbefo00tayluoft In general, this transcription attempts to retain the formatting, punctuation and spelling of the source text. Some minor inconsistencies and errors have been corrected. The following changes were made: --Dramatis Personæ: Mr Lambert--Added a period after "Mr" for consistency. --Dramatis Personæ: Mrs. Leigh Murray--Added a period after the second "Mrs. Leigh Murray" for consistency. --p. 2: SOAP. (_aside_), Snarl!--Changed comma after "(_aside_)" to a period. --p. 2: SOAP (_crosses slowly to Clive_). My dear Mrs. Clive--Added a period after "SOAP". --p. 6: WOFF., (L.) "But like the birds--Deleted the comma after "WOFF." --p. 9: I dine to day at Mr. Vane's--Changed "to day" to "to-day". --p. 14: address to many of your admirers, to wiu your esteem.--Changed "wiu" to "win". --p. 21: HUNDS (_aside to Pom._). I've marked her down, sir.--Inserted a period after "HUNDS". --p. 23: The true _Preux des Dames_, (_regretfully_) went out with the full periwig--Deleted the comma after "_Preux des Dames_". --p. 26: QUIN (_she comes forward, aside to Woff._). Hang it! Falstaff!--Changed "_she_" to "_he_". --p. 28: [_Cibber, Snarl, and Soaper, go up._]--Deleted the comma after "_Soaper_". --p. 28: VANE. Let me shew you to your apartment (_rings bell, leads her to door R._)--Added a period after the closing parenthesis. --p. 36: MABEL. Do you suppose I did not know of his having invited Mrs. Woffington to his house to day?--Changed "to day" to "to-day". --p. 37: MABEL, (_bursting into tears_).--Deleted the comma after "MABEL". --p. 42: [_Mr. W. seeing Triplet's distress, retreats; but presently comes back._--Changed "_Mr. W._" to "_Woff._" and added a closing bracket after "_back._" --p. 43: and wait outside the door, (_in a familiar tone. Exit Pompey_).--Deleted the comma after "door". --p. 43: TRIP. (_deprecatingly._) They are not to die--Moved the period after "_deprecatingly_" to after the closing parenthesis for consistency. --p. 45: TREP. My wife is a good woman, ma'am--Changed "TREP." to "TRIP." --p. 47: Here, Triplet, a jig--a jig (_Triplet takes fiddle._)--Inserted a period after "jig" before the stage direction. --p. 47: WOFF. Pooh! pooh! let me kiss the brats (_kisses them._) (_Aside_ Poor things!)--Moved the period after "_kisses them_" to after the closing parenthesis and added a period after "_Aside_". --p. 48: (_Aside_ Heaven knows I've as much need of merry music as the saddest of them)--Added a period after "_Aside_".