_Lady._ Exactly twelve, my Lord. _Lord._ Bless me! I ought to have been some where else then--an absolute engagement.--I have broke my word--a positive appointment. _Lady._ Shall I send a servant? _Lord._ No, no, no, no--by no means--it can't be helped now--and they know my unfortunate failing--besides, I'll beg their pardon, and I trust that will be ample satisfaction. _Lady._ You are very good, my Lord, not to leave us. _Lord._ I cou'd not think of leaving you so soon, Madam--the happiness I enjoy here is _such_-- _Sir Luke._ And very likely were your Lordship to go away now, you might never recollect to come again. _Enter_ Servant. _Serv._ A Gentleman, Sir, just come from on board an English vessel, says, he has letters to present to you. _Sir Luke._ Shew him in--[_Exit_ Servant.] _He_ has brought his character too, I suppose--and left it _behind_, too, I suppose. _Enter Mr._ Twineall, _in a fashionable undress_. _Twi._ Sir Luke, I have the honour of presenting to you, [_Gives letters_] one from my Lord Cleland--one from Sir Thomas Shoestring --one from Colonel Fril. _Sir Luke._ [_Aside_] Who in the name of wonder have my friends recommended?--[_reads while Lord_ Flint _and the Lady talk apart_] No--as I live, he is a gentleman, and the son of a Lord--[_going to Lady_ Tremor.] My dear, that is a gentleman, notwithstanding his appearance--don't laugh--but let me introduce you to him. _Lady._ A gentleman! certainly--I did not look at him before--but now I can perceive it. _Sir Luke._ Mr. Twineall, give me leave to introduce Lady Tremor to you, and my Lord Flint--this, my Lord, is the Honourable Mr. Twineall from England, who will do me the favour to remain in my house, till he is settled to his mind in some post here. [_They bow._] I beg your pardon, Sir, for the somewhat cool reception Lady Tremor and I gave you at first--but I dare say her Ladyship was under the same mistake as myself--and I must own I took you at first sight for something very different from the person you prove to be--for really no English ships have arrived in this harbour for these five years past, and the dress of us English gentlemen is so much altered since that time-- _Twi._ But, I hope, Sir Luke, if it is, the alteration meets with your approbation. _Lady._ O! to be sure--it is extremely elegant and becoming. _Sir Luke._ Yes, my dear, I don't doubt but you think so; for I remember you used to make your favourite monkey wear just such a jacket, when he went out a visiting. _Twin._ Was he your favourite, Madam?--Sir, you are very obliging. [_Bowing to Sir Luke._] _Sir Luke._ My Lord, if it were possible for your Lordship to call to your _remembrance_ such a trifle-- _Lady._ Dear Sir Luke----[_Pulling him._