advance with his arms folded, as the chaplain read the
funeral service over the body of our hero,--and as the service
proceeded, the sails flapped, for the wind had shifted a little; a
motion was made, by the hand of the officer of the watch, to the man at
the helm to let the ship go off the wind, that the service might not be
disturbed, and a mizzling soft rain descended. The wind had shifted to
our hero's much loved _point_, his fond mistress had come to mourn over
the loss of her dearest, and the rain that descended were the tears
which she shed at the death of her handsome but not over-gifted lover.

CHAPTER FORTY THREE.

ILL-WILL.

Dramatis Personae.

MR CADAVEROUS, _An old miser, very rich and very ill_.

EDWARD, _A young lawyer without a brief_.

MR HAUSTUS GUMARABIC, _Apothecary_.

SEEDY, _Solicitor_.

THOMAS MONTAGUE, JOHN MONTAGUE, _Nephews to Mr Cadaverous_.

JAMES STERLING, WILLIAM STERLING, _nephews twice removed to Mr
Cadaverous_.

CLEMENTINA MONTAGU, _Niece to Mr Cadaverous_.

Mrs JELLYBAGS, _Housekeeper and nurse_.

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ACT ONE.

Scene.--_A sick room_.--Mr CADAVEROUS _in an easy chair asleep,
supported by cushions, wrapped up in his dressing-gown, a night-cap on
his head.--A small table with phials, gallipots, etcetera_.--Mrs
JELLYBAGS _seated on a chair close to the table_.

[Mrs JELLYBAGS _looks at_ Mr CADAVEROUS, _and then comes forward_.] He
sleeps yet--the odious old miser! Mercy on me, how I do hate him,--
almost as much as he loves his money! there's one comfort, he cannot
take his money-bags with him, and the doctor says that he cannot last
much longer. Ten years have I been his slave--ten years have I been
engaged to be married to Sergeant Major O'Callaghan of the Blues--ten
years has he kept me waiting at the porch of Hymen,--and what thousands
of couples have I seen enter during the time! Oh dear! its enough to
drive a widow mad. I think I have managed it;--he has now quarrelled
with all his relations, and Dr Gumarabic intends this day to suggest
the propriety of his making his last will and testament. (Mr
CADAVEROUS, _still asleep, coughs_.) He is waking, (_Looks at him_.)
No, he is not. Well, then, I shall wake him, and give him a draught,
for, after such a comfortable sleep as he is now in, he might last a
whole week longer. (_Goes up to_ Mr CADAVEROUS, _and shakes him_.)

Mr CAD. (_sta