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ENTHUSIASM: A COMEDY.

LADY SHREWDLY.

Indeed you ought not to suppose it.

MISS FRANKLAND.

Alas, my dear friend!

LADY SHREWDLY.

Why that sigh?

MISS FRANKLAND.

Do you know that I am afraid of myself?

LADY SHREWDLY.

And why, dear child; of what are you afraid?

MISS FRANKLAND.

I fear that, when I am comparatively poor, I sha'n't bear the neglect of the world and my own insignificance as I ought.

LADY SHREWDLY.

Nay, that very fear is a voice from heaven for thy preservation.

MISS FRANKLAND.

May it prove so! I feel I shall be supported in doing what is right; and feeling what is right may at length follow (raising her eyes to heaven), if my humble sacrifice be accepted.

LADY SHREWDLY.

And it will be accepted, my own honest girl! But you were going out, I know, and I will not