Your mother's on
her way, but I've warned you so that you may deceive her.
Angelica:
Ah! Heavens.
Edward:
How wretched you are!
Lucas:
For you it will be wretched. For Madam changes her mind quickly if she
suspects for a minute that you want it too. That's too bad cause, Mr.
Nelson promised me a hundred pounds.
Edward:
You rogue. Why didn't you ask for two hundred from me?
Lucas:
There's no time. Madam knows all. Meanwhile, if I take your money it
will be true that Madam knows all--for dammit she knows nothing.
Angelica:
Ah, my poor Lucas.
Edward:
Wait, take my purse.
Lucas:
And here comes Madam returning. I am going to assist you.
(Enter Mrs. Townly, Mr. Townly, Mr. Nelson, and the lawyer)
Lucas:
Come quickly, Madam, see the young folks are fighting. Come quickly,
separate them. They find everything the other one says enraging--so
much so that I would think they are already married.
Mrs. Townly:
Does my daughter revolt against me! Insolent! You here, too, sir.
(To Nelson)
Leave instantly.
Nelson:
Go, go. I am more complacent than you. You kick me out and I'm
leaving.
Mrs. Townly:
You're a brute.
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