CON. You are quite affected. You are perfect to a letter, and rehearse
it charmingly--much better than Melfort. You ought to have been an
actor.
HOL. I could not act all parts like this!
FLE. Go on! You do it much better, much better! Go on!
HOL. "Five years passed, when one day this old lady called you to her.
'This is your home,' said she--'the moment has arrived when I must
depart.'
CON. "Her very words!
HOL. "And she quitted you--she exhibited no sign of affection for
you--she only announced to you, that a man would shortly present
himself to you. This man--
CON. "Was he to whom I offered my daily vows, though to me he was
unknown. 'That man,' said she, 'is your father.'"
HOL. "I am he.
CON. "You?
HOL. "Yes--I--I!" my child! Yes, at last, my child. Yes, 'tis I--'tis
I--
CON. Stay--that's not it--you forget--there's nothing of that kind in
the manuscript.