_Clar._ Do not speak, I will not know it. I---I--cannot (going from him) look on you. Is that your wisdom! your honour! your integrity! Have I, therefore,--well,--if matters are so with you, then do as you like; enquire no more after me, come no more to see me; you ought to be ashamed of yourself, in the presence of your honest father. Farewell, Jack; repent and amend. I will visit you no more, till you have altered your ways, and divided your cursed mammon among the poor. Live on your honest earnings; then come to me, tender me a clean hand, and I will bless you. (Exit.) SCENE V. PRIVY COUNSELLOR, (alone.) _P. Coun._ Whimsical, honest man!--Whoever is forced up to the giddy summit, must hold as fast as he can, and by what he can. SCENE IV. Enter Counsellor SELLING. _P. Coun._ What part of the world have you come from Selling? _Sell._ From Miss Frederica. _P. Coun._ From my sister? how is she? Has the new furniture been carried home? _Sell._ Beautiful, splendid! thanks to your care! Old papa will open all his eyes when he comes home. All the old furniture has been carried off, and the room looks very elegant with all the new things you have sent. _P. Coun._ And Frederica?-- _Sell._ She was so uneasy, she did not know what to do with herself. She fixed her eyes on every article as it was carried off, as if she took leave of an old friend. But the large easy chair still remains; she grasped it with both hands, and would not suffer it to be removed. _P. Coun._ These people must be metamorphosed; we must see how they reconcile themselves to it. _Sell._ But, what a man you are! What a noble heart, to be thus attached to your family! _P. Coun._ Very natural. I am indebted to my father for so many things;--and Frederica is a good-natured creature. _Sell._ More than that. I know none of her sex that strives so anxiously to cultivate her understanding, and to exalt her faculties to an extraordinary height. _P. Coun._ (gives him his hand.) I am glad you find her so. _Sell._ With your permission, Frederica will now assume a different dress, better suited to the furniture you have sent. _P. Coun._ I have to thank you for this attention. _Sell._ By your direction I do all that lies in my power to fan the girl's ambition. If that Mr. Gernau only-- _P. Coun._ That fool! He shall be removed. All has been prepared, and is now determined on; He goes to Friethal. His patent is in hand. _Sell._ It is too lenient for his stubborn opposition. This indulgence on your side will gain you every heart. _P. Coun._ Do you think I am rather popular? _Sell._ Popular? People venerate you with enthusiasm! And what have you not done to acquire this popularity? The formation of the new roads, under your wise regulation, without any burthen to the individual! the increase of commerce--