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THE ALIENATED MANOR: A COMEDY.
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CHARVILLE.

Don't mention that poor wretch. He would be ruined: it was not my doing.

MARY.

Did you dissuade him from playing? and were you obliged to receive all that he lost? My dear brother, let me speak to you on this subject when you are composed and at leisure.

CHARVILLE.

I am composed enough, but certainly not at leisure.
[Exeunt severally.


SCENE IV.

An outer Court adjoining to the House.

Enter Isaac with a Letter, and immediately followed by Mrs. Smoothly.

SMOOTHLY.

Where are you going with that letter, Isaac?

ISAAC.

To Squire Crafton's.

SMOOTHLY.

Is it for the Squire himself?

ISAAC.

I bien't good at reading handy writ, as how my wit never lay that way; but I guess that it is