This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
210
THE COUNTRY INN.


LADY GOODBODY (within).

No, you know well enough it is Sir John I mean.

SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD (drawing also near the door).

Ha! talking of me too. Well, if people will converse with their doors open, there is no help for it.

MISS MARTIN (within).

How should I know who your Ladyship means by an agreeable man?

LADY GOODBODY.

You may know at least who I do not mean; for that poor frivolous fine gentleman can be agreeable to nobody.

WORSHIPTON (aside to himself).

Old hag! her face is as senseless and as coarse as a red-topped January turnip.

LADY GOODBODY (within).

Sir John is a man that any woman might like. He is a man of fortune.

MISS MARTIN (within).

So is our neighbour, Squire Numbscull.

LADY GOODBODY (within).

Fye, child! Sir John is a well-made man, and—