_Cimb._ At sale! She's very illiterate--But she's very well limbed too; turn her in; I see what she is. [_Exit_ LUCINDA, _in a rage._ _Mrs. Seal._ Go, you creature, I am ashamed of you. _Cimb._ No harm done--you know, madam, the better sort of people, as I observed to you, treat by their lawyers of weddings [_Adjusting himself at the glass._]--and the woman in the bargain, like the mansion house in the sale of the estate, is thrown in, and what that is, whether good or bad, is not at all considered. _Mrs. Seal._ I grant it; and therefore make no demand for her youth and beauty, and every other accomplishment, as the common world think 'em, because she is not polite. _Cimb._ Madam, I know your exalted understanding, abstracted, as it is, from vulgar prejudices, will not be offended, when I declare to you, I marry to have an heir to my estate, and not to beget a colony, or a plantation. This young woman's beauty and constitution will demand provision for a tenth child at least. _Mrs. Seal._ With all that wit and learning, how considerate! What an economist! [_Aside._]--Sir, I cannot make her any other than she is; or say she is much better than the other young women of this age, or fit for much besides being a mother; but I have given directions for the marriage settlements, and Sir Geoffry Cimberton's counsel is to meet ours here, at this hour, concerning this joining in the deed, which, when executed, makes you capable of settling what is due to Lucinda's fortune. Herself, as I told you, I say nothing of. _Cimb._ No, no, no, indeed, madam, it is not usual; and I must depend upon my own reflection and philosophy not to overstock my family. _Mrs. Seal._ I cannot help her, cousin Cimberton; but she is, for aught I see, as well as the daughter of anybody else. _Cimb._ That is very true, madam. _Enter a_ Servant, _who whispers_ MRS. SEALAND. _Mrs. Seal._ The lawyers are come, and now we are to hear what they have resolved as to the point whether it's necessary that Sir Geoffry should join in the settlement, as being what they call in the remainder. But, good cousin, you must have patience with 'em. These lawyers, I am told, are of a different kind; one is what they call a chamber counsel, the other a pleader. The conveyancer is slow, from an imperfection in his speech, and therefore shunned the bar, but extremely passionate and impatient of contradiction. The other is as warm as he; but has a tongue so voluble, and a head so conceited, he will suffer nobody to speak but himself. _Cimb._ You mean old Serjeant Target and Counsellor Bramble? I have heard of 'em. _Mrs. Seal._ The same. Show in the gentlemen. [_Exit_ Servant. _Re-enter_ Servant, _introducing_ MYRTLE _and_ TOM _disguised as_ BRAMBLE _and_ TARGET. _Mrs. Seal._ Gentlemen, this is the party concerned, Mr. Cimberton; and I hope you have considered of the matter. _Tar._ Yes, madam, we have agreed that it must be by indent----dent----dent----dent----