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ouple of turkies in your pocket? _Ash._ Or pop a ham under your arm? don't ye zay no, if it's agreeable. _Mor._ Farewell, good friends, I shall repeat my visit soon. _Dame._ The sooner the better. _Ash._ Good bye to ye, zur,--Dame and I wool go to work as merry as crickets. Good bye, Henry. _Dame._ Heaven bless your honour--and I hope you will carry as much joy away with you, as you leave behind you--I do indeed. [_Exeunt_ ASHFIELD _and Dame._ _Mor._ Young man, proceed to the Castle, and demand an audience of Sir Philip Blandford. In your way thither, I'll instruct you further.--Give me your hand. [_Exeunt_ MORRINGTON, _looking stedfastly_ _on_ HENRY, GERALD _following._ SCENE II. _An Apartment in the Castle._ SIR PHILIP BLANDFORD _discovered_--MISS BLANDFORD _reading._ _Miss B._ Shall I proceed to the next essay? _Sir Philip._ What does it treat of? _Miss B._ Love and friendship. _Sir Philip._ A satire? _Miss B._ No, father;--an eulogy. Sir _Philip._ Thus do we find, in the imaginations of men, what we in vain look for in their hearts.--Lay it by. [_A knocking at the door._] Come in-- _Enter_ EVERGREEN. _Everg._ My dear master, I am a petitioner to you. _Sir Philip._ [_Rises._] None possesses a better claim to my favour--ask, and receive. _Everg._ I thank you, sir. The unhappy Henry-- _Miss B._ What of him? _Sir Philip._ Emma, go to your apartment. _Miss B._ Poor Henry! _Sir Philip._ Imprudent man! _Everg._ [SIR PHILIP _turns from hint with resentment._] Nay, be not angry; he is without, and entreats to be admitted. _Sir Philip._ I cannot, will not, again behold him. _Everg._ I am sorry you refuse me, as it compels me to repeat his words: "If," said he, "Sir Philip denies my humble request, tell him, I demand to see him." _Sir Philip._ Demand to see me! well, his _high_ command shall be obeyed then [_Sarcastically_]. Bid him approach. [_Exit_ EVERGREEN. _Enter_ HENRY. _Sir Philip._ By what title, sir, do you thus intrude on me? _Henry._ By one of an imperious nature, the title of a creditor. _Sir Philip._ I _your_ debtor! _Henry._ Yes; for you owe me justice. You, perhaps, withhold from me the inestimable treasure of a parent's blessing. _Sir Philip._ [_Impatiently._] To the business that brought you hither. _Henry._ Thus then--I
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