SCENE XII.


[To them] JEREMY.

JERE. Sir, Mrs Frail has sent to know if you are stirring.

VAL. Show her up when she comes.


SCENE XIII.


VALENTINE, SCANDAL, TATTLE.

TATT. I'll be gone.

VAL. You'll meet her.

TATT. Is there not a back way?

VAL. If there were, you have more discretion than to give Scandal
such an advantage. Why, your running away will prove all that he
can tell her.

TATT. Scandal, you will not be so ungenerous. Oh, I shall lose my
reputation of secrecy for ever. I shall never be received but upon
public days, and my visits will never be admitted beyond a drawing-