_Miss M_. O la! what a delicate, fine, charming sight that would
be! Well, I like a laced coat; and if ever I am taken into keeping,
it shall be by a man in a laced coat.
_May_. What's that you say, minx? What's that you say?
_Mrs M_. What's that to you, sir?
_May_. Why, madam, must not I speak to my own daughter?
_Mrs M_. You have the greater obligation to me, sir, if she is:
I am sure, if I had thought you would have endeavoured to ruin your
family, I would have seen you hanged before you should have had any
by me.
_May_. I ruin my family!
_Mrs M_. Yes, I have been making your fortune for you with my
lord; I have got a place for you, but you won't accept on't.
_Miss M_. You shall accept on't.
_Mrs M_. You shall vote for my lord and the colonel.
_Miss M_. They are the finest men--
_Mrs M_. The prettiest men--
_Miss M_. The sweetest men--
_Mrs M_. And you shall vote for them.
_May_. I won't be bribed.
_Mrs M_. A place is no bribe--ask the parson of the parish if a
place is a bribe.
_May_. What is the place?
_Mrs M_. I don't know what the place is, nor my lord does not
know what it is, but it is a great swingeing place.
_May_. I will have the place first.
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