_Exeunt separately_.]
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SCENE 2.--_The sick room_--Mr CADAVEROUS, _lying on sofa-bed_--Mr
SEEDY, _the lawyer, sitting by his side, with papers on the table before
him_.

SEEDY. I believe now, sir, that every thing is arranged in your will
according to your instructions. Shall I read it over again; for
although signed and witnessed, you may make any alteration you please by
a codicil.

CAD. No, no. You have read it twice, Mr Seedy, and you may leave me
now. I am ill, very ill, and wish to be alone.

SEEDY (_folds up his papers and rises_.) I take my leave, Mr
Cadaverous, trusting to be long employed as your solicitor.

CAD. Afraid not, Mr Seedy. Lawyers have no great interest in heaven.
Your being my solicitor will not help me there.

SEEDY (_coming forward as he goes out_.) Not a sixpence to his legal
adviser! Well, well! I know how to make out a bill for the executors.

[_Exit_ SEEDY, _and enter_ Mrs JELLYBAGS.]
JEL. (_with her handkerchief to her eyes_.) Oh dear! oh dear! oh, Mr
Cadaverous, how can you fatigue and annoy yourself with such things as
wills?

CAD. (_faintly_.) Don't cry, Mrs Jellybags. I've not forgotten you.

JEL. (_sobbing_.) I can't--help--crying. And there's Miss
Clementina,--now that you are dying,--who insists upon coming in to see
you.

CAD. Clementina, my niece, let her come in, Mrs Jellybags; I feel I'm
going fast,--I may as well take leave of every body.

JEL. (_sobbing_.) Oh dear! oh dear! You may come in, Miss.

_Enter_ CLEMENTINA.

CLEM. My dear uncle, why have you, for so many days, refused me
admittance? Every morning have I asked to be allowed to come and nurse
you, and for more than three weeks have received a positive refusal.

CAD. Refusal! Why I never had a message from you.

CLEM. No message! Every day I have sent, and every day did Mrs
Jellybags reply that you would not see me.

CAD. (_faintly_.) Mrs Jellybags,--Mrs Jellybags--

CLEM. Yes, uncle; it is true as I stand here;--and my brother Thomas
has called almost every day, and John every Sunday, the only day he can
leave the banking-house; and cousins William and James have both been
here very often.

CAD. Nobody told me! I thought every one had forgotten me. Why was I
not informed, Mrs Jellybags?

JEL. (_in a rage_.) Why, you little, story-telling creature, coming
here