_Philip_ [deeply moved]. In vain! he--[looking at Augusta] while here--[lets go her hand] Be happy! [going.] _Mrs. D._ Brook! for God's sake! _Augusta._ My noble suffering friend, why on me---- _Philip._ Let me go!-- _Augusta._ Leave me not without hopes, that all the affection of a brother, of a sister, may content you. _Philip._ I can no more---- _Augusta._ Do not leave me, till you know how much I value---- _Philip._ Upon you I had placed my hopes. You would have endeared life to me again.--The dream is fled.--Well--I will hide my sufferings in retirement, and wait with patience for the hour which shall end all my afflictions. [Exeunt omnes. END OF THE SECOND ACT. _ACT III._ SCENE I. At the Chancellor's. The CHANCELLOR and a CLERK entering on different sides. _Chancellor._ I was looking for you. What news? _Clerk._ Every thing goes on very well, Sir. _Chancellor._ How so, my friend? _Clerk._ I have just spoken to Mr. Drave's clerk, who told me, that his master had given security for young Brook's L.10,000, at Rose's. _Chancellor._ Excellent, excellent! _Clerk._ He added, that his master must inevitably stop payment, if this sum were demanded immediately. _Chancellor._ That shall be my care. I have already given orders to our Jew Broker; he is to join with some other creditors of young Brook, and insist on immediate payment. _Clerk._ The man also assured me, that the inventory of old Brook's property was drawn up in a hasty, and rather irregular manner. _Chancellor._ Better and better! now we are sure of him.--I prevailed on young Brook to sign a protest against this inventory, as being illegally drawn up--It will soon be all over with them. _Clerk._ But, it will make a great noise: nobody dares to speak freely, it is true. But, then there is the Minister--his patriotic fancies---- _Chancellor_ [laughing], _are_ fancies.---- _Clerk._ Yet our Prince is every day more pleased with him. They are frequently whole hours together. _Chancellor._ I am an old servant, and know the Prince well. Fear nothing. Drave shall at length suffer for all his calumnies: when we have once got rid of him, we shall have every thing to ourselves. It will be an additional profit of at least two thousand a year. _Clerk._ Certainly it will. _Chancellor._ You will therefore draw immediately for the above sum. If he cannot pay, a warrant must be issued, seals put on, and he will be a bankrupt, and ruined at once: but at the same time do not forget to look after the old uncle. _Clerk._ I have heard of an old man who, from the description, appears to resemble him exactly. _Chancellor._ For God's sake, take care. _Clerk._ Rely upon me.--But, I do not at all like the elder Brook.