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ad it: that's all the harm I wish myself. Your servant, madam; I go about the business. _Exit LOVEBY_. _Non_. What! does he take no pity on me? _Const_. Pr'ythee, moan him, Isabella. _Isa_. Alas, alas, poor uncle! could they find in their hearts to rob him! _Non_. Five hundred pounds, out of poor six thousand pounds a-year! I, and mine, are undone for ever. _Fail_. Your own house, you think, is clear, my lord? _Const_. I dare answer for all there, as much as for myself. _Burr_. Oh, that he would but think that Loveby had it! _Fail_. If you'll be friends with me, I'll try what I can persuade him to. _Burr_. Here's my hand, I will, dear heart. _Fail_. Your own house being clear, my lord, I am apt to suspect this Loveby for such a person. Did you mark how abruptly he went out? _Non_. He did indeed, Mr Failer. But why should I suspect him? his carriage is fair, and his means great; he could never live after this rate, if it were not. _Fail_. This still renders him the more suspicious: He has no land, to my knowledge. _Burr_. Well said, mischief. [_Aside_. _Const_. My father's credulous, and this rogue has found the blind side of him; would Loveby heard him! [_To_ ISABELLA. _Fail_. He has no means, and he loses at play; so that, for my part, I protest to gad, I am resolved he picks locks for his living. _Burr_. Nay, to my knowledge, he picks locks. _Tim_. And to mine. _Fail_. No longer ago than last night he met me in the dark, and offered to dive into my pockets. _Non_. That's a main argument for suspicion. _Fail_. I remember once, when the keys of the Exchequer were lost in the Rump-time, he was sent for upon an extremity, and, egad, he opens me all the locks with the blade-bone of a breast of mutton. _Non_. Who, this Loveby? _Fail_. This very Loveby. Another time, when we had sate up very late at ombre in the country, and were hungry towards morning, he plucks me out (I vow to gad I tell you no lie) four ten-penny nails from the dairy lock with his teeth, fetches me out a mess of milk, and knocks me 'em in again with his head, upon reputation. _Isa_. Thou boy! _Non_. What shall I do in this case? My comfort is, my gold's all marked. _Const_. Will you suspect a gentleman of Loveby's worth, upon the bare report of such a rascal as this Failer? _Non_. Hold thy tongue, I charge thee; upon my blessing hold thy tongue. I'll have him apprehended before he sleeps; co
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