O most courtly phrase! That black villain who would have murdered me, he fears, too, I suppose, that he has offended me.—Sir Robert, you have saved my life, and I cannot turn you out of my house; but you have made that life hateful to me, and I hate it the more for being preserved by you.
GRAFTON.
Be more calm, my good sir. He has, indeed, gained the lady's affections unknown to you, and——
CHARVILLE.
And may take her and her affections also, and the devil give them his benediction.
CRAFTON.
Well, Freemantle, e'en take the lady as she is offered to you, though it be not in the most gracious manner. Fortune is no object now; take her and marry her out of hand.
FREEMANTLE.
I cannot follow more pleasing advice.
CHARVILLE.
Marry her without a divorce! I'll not divorce her. I'll be hanged if I give her up to any man alive.
