THE MYSTERY.
AN UNFINISHED COMEDY.
DEDICATION.
TO THE REV. GEORGE AUSTEN.
SIR, I humbly solicit your patronage to the following Comedy, which, though an unfinished one, is, I flatter myself, as complete a Mystery as any of its kind.
I am, Sir, your most humble Servant,
THE AUTHOR
THE MYSTERY, A COMEDY.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE.
Men Col. ELLIOTT. OLD HUMBUG. YOUNG HUMBUG, Sir EDWARD SPANGLE and CORYDON
Women. FANNY ELLIOTT. Mrs. HUMBUG and DAPHNE.
ACT I.
SCENE I- A Garden.
Enter CORYDON.
Corydon. But hush: I am interrupted. [Exit CORYDON.
Enter OLD HUMBUG and his SON, talking.
Old Hum. It is for that reason that I wish you to follow my advice. Are you convinced of its propriety?
