End his career! who the devil would marry if it were not to prolong it? A man may indeed sometimes be tempted to marry a fashonable beauty to please his vanity.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
Or break his heart.
WORSHIPTON.
Poh, poh! there are more people who die of broken heads now o' days. A man may sometimes marry a woman of rank to be look'd up to by his old friends.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
Or down upon by his new ones.
WORSHIPTON.
You are crusty now.—But a rich wife is the only one who can really excuse a young fellow for taking upon himself the sober name of husband.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
If this is your opinion, you had better still retain the more sprightly one of bachelor.
