_Clar._ Jack is my son once more,--_vivat_! huzza! husband and wife! (steps between them,) son and daughter! (Embraces him.) _Fred._ What? _Gern._ How? _Clar._ More of it another time. _P. Coun._ I will resign. _Clar._ Look you here, my sweet girl! he was not calculated for it, no more than a true genuine christian Privy Counsellor is calculated for a carpenter. He has had some learning indeed; but then all that solid by-work, such as is requisite for a Privy Counsellor, of that he never was possessed; and so sit down to work. I must work too; we will scrape plenty of money together, without wronging any one. Daughter-in-law, Frederica, and I, will nurse him as the best soul we know. Now pray give the girl a kiss, that I may believe in the relationship.--(Sophia kisses her.)--And Jack too, that I may be quite happy!--(Sophia gives him a kiss.)--And so God bless you in your pursuits! _Soph._ (to the Privy Counsellor.) My father will be your father; and, if ever he could forget it, spare him, and treat him with filial affection. _P. Coun._ I promise it. I shall apply once more for his consent, which I once obtained. _Fred._ Before you resign? _Clar._ No, that were a cheat.--But, dear Jack, all,--how shall I call it? (half audible,) all the earnings of unjust Privy Counsellors,--return them to whom they may belong, then you can work with heart-felt satisfaction. SCENE XII. Enter Aulic Counsellor REISSMAN. _Reiss._ So, I must look for my young lady here? _Clar._ Where she has been doing a deal of good. Come, Sir, come this way; partake in the joys of good men, and think you are one of them. _Soph._ Be moved by what you see; sanctify it by your blessing, and you will make us all happy. _P. Coun._ Yes, Sir. _Clar._ Recollect yourself, and act in a good and fair manner; for, upon my soul! you cannot go from hence but altogether good or bad; I tell you that before hand. _Reiss._ (to the Privy Counsellor.) You have sold a monopoly to Benniger, Mr. Privy Counsellor. _Clar._ There now. Curse that money! _Reiss._ One of our citizens has lodged a complaint about it against you. _Clar._ Jack, return the wages of sin! _P. Coun._ Immediately, and-- _Reiss._ Of course, and-- _Clar._ And then it is all over; for I must tell you, he will not fill the office of a Privy Counsellor any longer. _P. Coun._ Yes, Sir, I intend to give in my resignation this very day. _Reiss._ Well, well; but your responsibility for the performance of your duty hitherto, and the unconscientious-- _Soph._ Dear father! _P. Coun._ Mr. Reissman! _Clar._ I hope, you will not make that an object of minute enquiry? _Reiss._ That depends on the nature of the remaining charges. A resignation cannot undo what is done. Come along, daughter, let us go. _Soph._ Dear father!