_Sul._ Lookye, sir, I have nothing to say to your sea of truth; but if a good parcel of land can entitle a man to a little truth, I have as much as any he in the county. _Bon._ I never heard your worship, as the saying is, talk so much before. _Sul._ Because I never met with a man that I liked before. _Bon._ Pray, sir, as the saying is, let me ask you one question: are not man and wife one flesh? _Sir C._ You and your wife, Mr. Guts, may be one flesh, because you are nothing else----but rational creatures have minds that must be united. _Sul._ Minds! _Sir C._ Ay, minds, sir; don't you think that the mind takes place of the body? _Sul._ In some people. _Sir C._ Then the interest of the master must be consulted before that of his servant. _Sul._ Sir, you shall dine with me to-morrow----Oons, I always thought that we were naturally one. _Sir C._ Sir, I know that my two hands are naturally one, because they love one another, kiss one another, help one another in all the actions of life; but I could not say so much if they were always at cuffs. _Sul._ Then 'tis plain that we are two. _Sir C._ Why don't you part with her, sir? _Sul._ Will you take her, sir? _Sir C._ With all my heart. _Sul._ You shall have her to-morrow morning, and a venison pasty into the bargain. _Sir C._ You'll let me have her fortune too? _Sul._ Fortune! why, sir, I have no quarrel to her fortune----I only hate the woman, sir, and none but the woman shall go. _Sir C._ But her fortune, sir---- _Sul._ Can you play at whist, sir? _Sir C._ No, truly, sir. _Sul._ Not at all-fours? _Sir C._ Neither. _Sul._ Oons! where was this man bred? [_Aside._] Burn me, sir, I can't go home; 'tis but two o'clock. _Sir C._ For half an hour, sir, if you please--but you must consider 'tis late. _Sul._ Late! that is the reason I can't go to bed--Come, sir----[_Exeunt._ _Enter_ CHERRY; _she runs across the Stage, and knocks at_ AIMWELL'S _Chamber Door_. _Enter_ AIMWELL. _Aim._ What's the matter? you tremble, child; you are frighted! _Cher._ No wonder, sir--but, in short, sir, this very minute a gang of rogues are gone to rob my Lady Bountiful's house. _Aim._ How! _Cher._ I dogged them to the very door, and left them breaking in. _Aim._ Have you alarmed any body else with the news? _Cher._ No, no, sir; I wanted to have discovered the whole plot, and twenty other things, to your man, Martin; but I have searched the whole house, and can't find him; where is he? _Aim._ No matter, child; will you guide me immediately to the house? _Cher._ With all my heart, sir: my Lady Bountiful is my godmother, and I love Mrs. Dorinda so well-- _Aim._ Dorinda! the name inspires me! the glory and the danger shall be all my own----Come, my life, let me but get my sword. [_Exeunt._ SCENE II. _A Bedchamber in_ LADY BOUNTIFUL'S _House_. MRS. SULLEN _and_ DORINDA _discovered; a Table and Lights_. _Dor._ 'Tis very late, sister; no news of your spouse yet?