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Show i*'.-:th •Mfc. wBmtm^ A O R O O N O K O. %0% A*n* Promife j but I can't help W, fcolim thing to be tied » • ^ o t iplt 1 don't k n o w h o w to get n o 01 Wid. Is that all ? h C o m m a n d s of a dyin2 h Wd. AH in all to m e . I n- /rag j, ther, you k n o w , oJght to be obey a. rr" / And fo they may. , Ty^ I would not throw her a way ^/ Then marry her out of hand to the Sea-Cap:^ VS^S&^ °fhim'but 'tis t0 no w* ^ ^ D o ^ e hate him ? Nay, 'tis no matter, ttll pucfent Rafcal as he* is, I would not advife her to ML Can you think of no body elfe ? £' A? Wdo : I mould be loth to part with, co?d Formne in you for fo fmall a matter as a S ^ HlfweS SiKnS: Well if I thoughts W o S like* fc I have a Husband for her: Whatdo th^VYo7dS think of it your felf. £/•!/ r nroteftbut I do: I am in earneft, if you i H e ^ m ^ her within this half hour, if pflj] yQEtf°I'Semy1 Content! M anfwer for my Sifter, I h S t t W o i " Y You may be fure I fhall be glad to °^£STi) be faid then, that Difficulty y, ^ . N ° ^ a fwear vou frighted me, Mr.fflJU ? t d " o T d aTon nlw fo? your Sifter, what, Lhvfdnone, do ^ ; « f f i j ThingtoboggicattPromieI co J^ fl^H i a m the m e r e oon^a ro jvu lave ail. ?;; [ OROONOKO. 203 ^ He's in the Houfe ; I'll g0 and bri him my felf. [Going! You would do well to break the Bufinefs t0 your Sifter : She s within, I'll fend her to you. i . [Going again, comes back. Wei Pray do. Wid. But d'you hear ? Perhaps fhe m a y ftand upon her Maidenly Behaviour, and blufh, and play the Fool, and ^lay : But don't be anfwer'd fo : W h a t ! fhe is not a Girl at thefe Years: S h e w your Authority, and tell her roundly, fhe muft be married immediately. I'll manage my Son, I warrant you [Goes out in bafle. Wei T h e W i d o w ' s in hafte, I fee : I thought I had laid a rub in the Road, about m y Sifter; But (he has ftept over that. She's making w a y for her felf as faft as ihe can ; but little thinks where (he is going : I could tell her ihe is going to play the Fool : But People don'c love to hear of their Faults : Befides, that is not m y B u finefs at prefent. Enter Lucia. So, Sifter, I have a Husband for you • Luc. W'th all m y Heart; I don'c k n o w what Confinement Marriage m a y be to the M e n , but I'm fure the Women have n o liberty without it. I a m for any thing that will deliver m e from the Care of a Reputation, which 1 begin to find i m p o m b l e to preferve. Wei. I'll eafe you of that Care : Y o u muft be married immediately. Luc. The fooner the better; for I a m quite tir'd of feting up for a Husband. T h e W i d o w ' s foolifh Son is the Man, I fuppofe. Wei I coniider'd your Conftitution, Sifter; and finding )ou would have occafion for a Fool, I have provided accordingly. Luc. I don't k n o w what occafion I m a y have for a Mwhen I'm married : But I find n o n e but Fools have on to marry. f. Since he is to be a Fool then, I thought it better m t t0 ,h3ve one of his Mother's m a k i n g than your cwiJl fave y o u the Trouble. :cafion Vel. •• r yt Luc\ .#^^ • |