CON. Well, really, it's the oddest circumstance----

HOL. (_aside to FLETCHER._) Bless you!

FLE. Listen. (_To HOLDER._) Control your feelings.

CON. What's our position? Oh! you there, sir--I here--presently you

cross me. By-the-bye, Fletcher, all is over between Belgrave and I.

Oh! it's such a happy release.

FLE. Come, begin.

CON. I am ready.

HOL. We--we commence the scene after the young girl's story?

FLE. Precisely.

HOL. (_rehearsing._) "When you arrive in London repeat that to me

again; the servant who accompanied you, brought you to an old lady?

CON. "Yes.

HOL. "The lady at first received you unkindly, is it not so? Soon she

would not part with you?

CON. "Yes; but how know you that?

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