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SCENE III.

Lord Worrymore's Garden. Two Busts, covered with linen, in the back-ground, and Company assembled, amongst whom are discovered Lord Worrymore, Lady Shrewdly, &c. &c.

LORD WORRYMORE (to Servants).

Move the busts this way; this is the best possible spot for them. [Servants move the busts on their pedestals to the front of the Stage.] She will be here in a moment. But where is Blount?

(Retires amongst the crowd at the bottom of the Stage, whilst Lady Shrewdly and Sir John Crofton come forward.)

SIR JOHN.

So the fair lady has unseated herself with her own busy hands, and torn from her own brow all the grace and honours of an heiress?

LADY SHREWDLY.

It has indeed been her own doing.

SIR JOHN.

And a very foolish one, too: the age of romance has been long passed.