_Charl_. Enough, I’ve heard enough of _Wilding’s_ Vices, to know I am
undone.
[_Weeps_.
--_Galliard_ his Mistress too? I never saw her, but I have heard her
fam’d for Beauty, Wit, and Fortune: That Rival may be dangerous.
_Fop_. Yes, Madam, the fair, the young, the witty Lady _Galliard_, even
in the height of his Love to you; nay, even whilst his Uncle courts her
for a Wife, he designs himself for a Gallant.
_Charl_. Wondrous Inconstancy and Impudence!
Mrs. _Clack_. Nay, Madam, you may rely upon Mr. _Foppington’s_
Information; therefore if you respect your Reputation, retreat in time.
_Charl_. Reputation! that I forfeited when I ran away with your Friend,
Mr. _Wilding_.
Mrs. _Clack_. Ah, that ever I shou’d live to see
[_Weeps_]
the sole Daughter and Heir of Sir _Nicholas Gett-all_, ran away with one
of the leudest Heathens about Town!
_Charl_. How, your Friend, Mr. _Wilding_, a Heathen; and with you too,
Mrs. _Clacket_! that Friend, Mr. _Wilding_, who thought none so worthy as
Mrs. _Clacket_, to trust with so great a Secret as his flight with me; he
a Heathen!
Mrs. _Clack_. Ay, and a poor Heathen too, Madam. ‘Slife, if you must
marry a Man to buy him Breeches, marry an honest Man, a Religious Man, a
Man that bears a Conscience, and will do a Woman some Reason--Why, here’s
Mr. _Foppington_, Madam; here’s a Shape, here’s a Face, a Back as strait
as an Arrow, I’ll warrant.
_Charl_. How! buy him Breeches! Has _Wilding_ then no Fortune?
_Fop_. Yes, Faith, Madam, pretty well; so, so, as the Dice run; and now
and then he lights upon a Squire, or so, and between fair and foul Play,
he makes a shift to pick a pretty Livelihood up.
_Charl_. How! does his Uncle allow him no present Maintenance?
_Fop_. No, nor future Hopes neither: Therefore, Madam, I hope you will
see the Difference between him and a Man of Parts, that adores you.
[Smiling and bowing.
_Charl_. If I find all this true you tell me, I shall know how to value
my self and those that love me.--This may be yet a Rascal.
_Enter Maid_.
_Maid_. Mistress, Mr. _Wilding’s_ below.
[_Exit_.
_Fop_. Below! Oh, Heaven, Madam, do not expose me to his Fury, for being
too zealous in your Service.
[_In great Disorder_.
_Charl_. I will not let him know you told any thing, Sir.
_Fop_. Death! to be seen here, would expose my Life.
[_To_ Clacket.
Mrs. _Clack_. Here, here, step out upon the Stair-case, and slip
into my Chamber.
[_Going out, returns in fright_.
_Fop_. Owns, he’s here; lock the Door fast; let him not enter.
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