_Twi._ Pardon me, Mr. Haswell, but I almost suspect you heard of her Ladyship's indisposition, and therefore paid this visit; for I am not to learn your care and attention to all under affliction. _Has._ [_Bows gravely._] Has your Ladyship been indisposed then? _Lady._ A little--but I am much better. _Twi._ Surely, of all virtues, charity is the first! it so protects our neighbour! _Has._ Do not you think, Sir, _patience_ frequently protects him as much? _Twi._ Dear Sir--pity for the poor miserable-- _Has._ Is oftener excited than the poor and miserable are aware of. [_Looking significantly at him._ _Sir Luke._ [_From the room where_ Aurelia _and_ Elvirus _are_.] Nay, Sir, I beg you will walk into this apartment--Aurelia, introduce the gentleman to Lady Tremor. _Lady._ Who has she with her? _Has._ Aurelia!--O! I have not seen her I know not when--and besides my acquaintance with her relations in England, there is a frank simplicity about her that-- _Enter Sir_ Luke, Aurelia, _and_ Elvirus. _Sir Luke._ You shou'd have introduced the gentleman before--I assure you, Sir, [_To_ Elvirus.] I did not know, nor shou'd I have known, if I had not accidentally come into the room. [Haswell _starts, on seeing_ Elvirus. _Sir Luke._ [_To Lady_ Tremor.] A relation of Aurelia's--a Mr. Glanmore, my dear, just arrived from England; who call'd to pass a few minutes with us, before he sets off to the part of India he is to reside in. [Elvirus _and_ Aurelia _appear in the utmost embarrassment and confusion_. _Lady._ I hope, Sir, your stay with us will not be so short as Sir Luke has mentioned? _Elv._ Pardon me, Madam, it must--the caravan, with which I travel, goes off this evening, and I must accompany it. _Has._ [_Aside._] I doubted before; but the voice confirms me. [_Looking on_ Elvirus. _Lady._ Why, you only arrived this morning, did you, Mr. Glanmore? you came passenger in the same ship, then, with Mr. Twineall? _Twi._ No, Madam--Sir, I am very sorry we had not the pleasure of your company on board of us. [_To_ Elvirus. _Sir Luke._ You had;--Mr. Glanmore came over in the Mercury--did not you tell me so, Sir? [Elvirus _bows_. _Twi._ Bless my soul, Sir! I beg your pardon--but surely that cannot be--I got acquainted with every soul on board of us--every creature--all their connections--and I can scarcely suppose you were of the number. _Sir Luke._ [_Aside._] How impertinent he is to this gentleman too! O! that I had but courage to knock him down. _Elv._ [_To_ Twineall.] Perhaps, Sir-- _Aur._ Yes, I dare say, that was the case. _Twi._ What was the case, Madam? _Sir Luke._ Wha--wha--wha--[_Mimicks._] that is not good breeding. _Has._ Why do you blush, Aurelia? _Aur._ Because [_Hesitating._] this gentleman----came over in the same ship with Mr. Twineall. _Sir Luke._ And I can't say I wonder at your blushing. _Twi._ Why then positively, Sir, I thought I had known every passenger----and surely--