SCENE XVIII.--GORGIBUS, CELIA, CELIA'S MAID.

CEL. Yes, I will yield willingly to so just a law, father; you can

freely dispose of my heart and my hand; I will sign the marriage

contract whenever you please, for I am now determined to perform my

duty. I can command my own inclinations, and shall do whatever you

order me.

GORG. How she pleases me by talking in this manner! Upon my word! I am

so delighted that I would immediately cut a caper or two, were people

not looking on, who would laugh at it. Come hither, I say, and let me

embrace you; there is no harm in that; a father may kiss his daughter

whenever he likes, without giving any occasion for scandal. Well, the

satisfaction of seeing you so obedient has made me twenty years younger.

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