such in
my young master's house; and yet I have lived in't these five and
twenty years. His good father would not have dismissed me.

_Mrs. Bev._ He had no reason, Jarvis.

_Jar._ I was faithful to him while he lived, and when he died, he
bequeathed me to his son. I have been faithful to Him too.

_Mrs. Bev._ I know it, I know it, Jarvis.

_Char._ We both know it.

_Jar._ I am an old man, madam, and have not a long time to live.
I asked but to have died with him, and he dismissed me.

_Mrs. Bev._ Prithee no more of this! 'Twas his poverty that
dismissed you.

_Jar._ Is he indeed so poor then? Oh! he was the joy of my old
heart. But must his creditors have all? And have they sold his house
too? His father built it when He was but a prating boy. The times I
have carried him in these arms! And, Jarvis, says he, when a beggar
has asked charity of me, why should people be poor? You shan't be
poor, Jarvis; if I was a king, nobody should be poor. Yet He is
poor. And then he was so brave!--O, he was a brave little boy! And
yet so merciful, he'd not have killed the gnat that stung him.

_Mrs. Bev._ Speak to him, Charlotte; for I cannot.

_Char._ When I have wiped my eyes.

_Jar._ I have a little money, madam; it might have been more, but I
have loved the poor. All that I have is yours.

_Mrs. Bev._ No, Jarvis; we have enough yet. I thank you though, and
will deserve your goodness.

_Jar._ But shall I see my master? And will he let me attend him in
his distresses? I'll be no expence to him: and 'twill kill me to be
refused. Where is he, madam?

_Mrs. Bev._ Not at home, Jarvis. You shall see him another
time.

_Char._ To-morrow, or the next day. O, Jarvis! what a change is here!

_Jar._ A change indeed, madam! My old heart akes at it. And yet
methinks--But here's somebody coming.

SCENE IV.

_Enter LUCY with STUKELY._

_Lucy._ Mr. Stukely, Madam.
[_Exit._

_Stu._ Good morning to you, Ladies. Mr. Jarvis, your servant.
Where's my friend, madam?
[_To Mrs. Beverley._

_Mrs. Bev._ I should have asked that question of You. Have not you
seen him to-day?

_Stu._ No, madam.

_Char._ Nor last night?

_Stu._ Last night! Did not he come home then?

_Mrs. Bev._ No. Were not you together?

_Stu._ At the beginning of the evening; but not since. Where can he
have staid?

_Char._ You call yourself his friend, Sir; why do you encourage him
in this madness of gaming?

_Stu._ You have asked me that q