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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