_Miss Als._ I vow these singular circumstances give me quite a confusion of pleasure. The astonishing good fortune of my late protegee, in finding so impassioned a friendship in her brother's bed-chamber; the captivating eloquence of Lord Gayville, in winding up an eclaircissement which I admire--not for the first time--to-day--and the superlative joy Sir Clement must feel at an union, founded upon the purity of the passions,--are subjects of such different congratulation, that I hardly know where to begin. _Lady E._ [_Aside_] Charming! her insolence will justify what so seldom occurs to one--a severe retort, without a possible sense of compunction. _Miss Als._ But in point of fortune--don't imagine, Sir Clement, I would insinuate that the lady is destitute--oh Lord, far from it. Her musical talents are a portion-- _ALSCRIP and RIGHTLY without._ _Alscrip._ Why, stop a moment-- _Sir C._ What have we here--the lawyers in dispute? _Alscrip._ [_Entering._] You have not heard my last word yet. _Rightly._ [_Entering._] You have heard mine, sir. _Alscrip._ [_Whispering._] I'll make the five thousand I offered, ten. _Rightly._ Millions would not bribe me--[_Coming forward._] When I detect wrong, and vindicate the sufferer, I feel the spirit of the law of England, and the pride of a practitioner. _Alscrip._ Lucifer confound such practices! [_In this Part of the Scene, SIR CLEMENT, LORD GAYVILLE, LADY EMILY, CLIFFORD, and MISS CLIFFORD, form one Group._] [_RIGHTLY opens a Deed, and points out a Part of it to SIR CLEMENT._] [_MR. and MISS ALSCRIP carry on the following Speeches on the Side at which ALSCRIP has entered. And MR. and MRS. BLANDISH are farther back, observing._] _Alscrip._ That cursed! cursed flaw.-- _Miss Als._ Flaw! who has dared to talk of one? not in my reputation, sir? _Alscrip._ No, but in my estate; which is a damned deal worse. _Miss Als._ How? what? when?--where?----The estate that was to be settled upon me? _Alscrip._ Yes, but that _me_ turned topsey turvey--when _me_ broke into my room this morning, and the devil followed, to fly away with all my faculties at once--I am ruined--Let us see what you will settle upon your poor father. _Miss Als._ I settle upon you? _Mrs. Blandish._ This is an embarrassing accident. _Miss Als._ Yes, and a pretty help you are, with a drop chin, like a frontispiece to the Lamentations. _Rightly._ [_Coming forward with SIR CLEMENT._] I stated this with some doubt this morning, but now my credit as a lawyer upon the issue.--The heiress falls short of the terms in your treaty by two thousand pounds a-year--which this deed, lately and providentially discovered, entails upon the heirs of Sir William Charlton, and consequently, in right of his mother, upon this gentleman. _Lady E._ How! _Lord G._ Happy disappointment.