HENRY. Eleanor, retire to the other chamber; I am sorry I left you. [_Leads her off._ BLACKMAN. And I am sorry that I and my friend should come here to be affronted. BLUNTLY. Mr. Blackman, I won't be called names. BLACKMAN. Names, sir! What names did I call you? BLUNTLY. Did not you call me your friend? I assure you, sir, I am not used to be called names. I am but a servant whose character is every thing--and I'll let you know that I am _not_ your friend. BLACKMAN. Why, you blockhead, does not your master call himself my friend? BLUNTLY. Yes, my master is a great man, and he can get a place without a character,--but if I lose mine, I am ruined; therefore take care how you miscal me for the future, for I assure you I won't bear it. I am not your friend, and you shall find I am not. [_Exit (in great anger)_, BLACKMAN _following_. END OF THE FIRST ACT. ACT II. SCENE I. _An Apartment at_ SIR GEORGE SPLENDORVILLE'S. _Enter_ SIR GEORGE, _followed by_ BLUNTLY. SIR GEORGE. What's o'clock? [_Rubbing his eyes._ BLUNTLY. Just noon, sir. SIR GEORGE. Why was I waked so early? BLUNTLY. You were not waked, sir--You rung. SIR GEORGE. Then it was in my sleep--and could not you suppose so?----After going to bed at five, to make me rise at noon! (_in a violent passion_) What am I to do with myself, sir, till it is time to go out for the evening? BLUNTLY. You have company to dinner you know, sir. SIR GEORGE. No, it is to supper--and what am I to do with myself till that time? BLUNTLY. Company again to supper, Sir? SIR GEORGE. Yes, and the self-same company I had last night--I invited them upon Lady Caroline's account--to give her an opportunity of revenge, for the money she lost here yesterday evening--and I am all weariness--I am all lassitude and fretfulness till the time arrives.--But now I call to mind, I have an affair that may engage my attention a few hours. You were giving me an account, Bluntly, of that beautiful girl I saw enter at Blackman's? BLUNTLY. Yes, sir, I saw her late last night in Mr. Blackman's house--she lodges there. SIR GEORGE. Indeed? In Blackman's house? I am glad to hear it. BLUNTLY. And he has assured me, sir, that she and her family are in the greatest poverty imaginable. SIR GEORGE. I am glad to hear it. BLUNTLY. They have been it seems above a twelvemonth in London, in search of some rich relations; but instead of meeting with them, the father was seen and remembered by an old creditor who has thrown him into prison. SIR GEORGE. I am very glad to hear it. BLUNTLY. But the young woman, Sir, has been so short a time in town, she has, seemingly, a great deal of modesty and virtue. SIR GEORGE. And I am very glad to hear of that too--I like her the better--you know I do--for I am weary of that ready compliance I meet with from the sex.