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Show J8O The M I S T A K E - wo old Dons, the Lovers Fathers. The Thing's done, and can't be retriev'd ; perhaps they'll lay their two an-trent Heads together, club a Penniworth of Wifdom a-piece, and with great Penetration at laft find out, that 'tis beft to fubmit, where'tis not in their power to do otherwife. This being refolv'd, there's no Time to be loft. [Knocks at Alvarez'; Door. Alv. W h o knocks? [Within. Lop. LopeZs Alv. What doft want ? [Looking out. Lop. T o bid you Good-morrow, Sir. Alv. Well, Good-morrow to thee again. [Retires. Lop. What a~= .1 think he does not care for my Company. [Knocks again. Alv. W h o knocks? Lop. Lopez. Alv. What would'ft have? [Lookingout. Lop. M y old Mafter, Sir, gives his Service to you, and de fires to know" how your do, Alv. H o w I do ? Why, well ; how fhou'd I do ? Service to him again. [Retires. Lop. Sip, Alv. returning^ What the Deux wouldft thou, have with me, with thy Good-morrows, and thy Services. Lop. This Man does not underftand good Breeding, I find. [Afide.^ Why, Sir, m y Mafter has fome very earneft Bufinefs with you. Alv. Bufinefs! About what? What Bufinefs can he have with m e ? Lop. I don't know, truly ; but 'tis fome very important Matter : H e has juft now (as I hear) difcover'd fome great Secret, which he muft needs talk with you about. Alv. H a ! a Secret, fay'ft thou ? Lop. Yes; and bid m e bring him word, if you were at home, he'd be with you prefently. Sir, your humble Servant. lExtt LoPez' Alvarez folks. A Secret; and muft fpeak with m e about it! Heav'ns, how I tremble ! What a n this Meffage mean ? I have very r^fwvr^S^ViWrW^ 1H The M i s T A K E ^ ™ ^ 181 very little Acquaintance with him, what Bufinefs can he have with me ? An important Secret 'twas, he faid, and that he had juft difcover'd it. Alas, 1 have in the World but one, if it be that I'm loft; an eternal Blot muft fix upon me. How unfortunate am I, that I have not follow'd the honeft Counfels of my Heart, which have often urg'd me to fet my Confcience at eafe, by rendring to him the Eftate that is his Due, and which by a fbul fmpofture I keep from him. But 'tis now too late • m y Villany is out, and 1 fhall not only be forc'd with'fhame to reftore him what is his, but fhall be perhaps condemn'd to make him Reparation with m y own. O terrible View ! Enter Don Felfx. Don Fel. My Son to go and marry her, without her Father's Knowledge ? this" can never end Well. I don't know what to do, he'll conclude I was privy to it, and his Power and Intereft are fo great at Court, he may with eafe contrive my Ruin: I tremble at his fending to fpeak with m e Mercy on me, there he is. [Afide. 'Alv. Ah! Shield me, kind Heav'n ! There's Don Felix come: H o w I a m ftiuck with the Sight of him ! O the Torment of a guilty Mind! [Afide. Don Fel. What fhall I fay to foften him ? [Afide. Alv. H o w fhall I look him in the Face ? [Afide. Don Fel. 'Tis impoffible he can forgive it. [Afide. Alv. T o be fure he'll expofe m e to the whole World. [Afide. Don Fel. I fee his Countenance change. [Afide. Alv. With what Contempt he looks upon me ? [Afide. Don Fel. I fee, D o n Alvare^, by the Diforder of your Face, you are but too well inform'd of what brings me here. Alv. 'Tis true. •' ". l f< ,. . Don Fel. The News may well furprize you, t;s what 1 have been far from apprehending. Alv. Wrong, very wrong indeed. Don |