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fault.—You expect them to return when the ceremony is over: we shall see them soon then.

LADY GOODBODY.

I dare say we shall: and in the meantime let us drop this disagreeable subject.

SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.

Forgive me, Lady Goodbody, for appearing to regret so much the honour of connecting my family with yours.

LADY GOODBODY.

Indeed, Sir John, I could have wished to have received that honour from another party. Your nephew, however, sets you a good example in marrying, tho' I'm afraid it will be lost upon you.

MISS MARTIN (fretfully).

Your Ladyship has teased Sir John so often upon this subject, that, if he has any spirit at all, he will certainly remain a bachelor from mere contradiction.

SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.

Yes, Miss Martin, that is a motive urged with authority by those who recommend it from experience. Nay so greatly, it is said, do young ladies delight in it, that every thing they do ought to be explained by the rule of opposition. When they