Charlotte. We shan't be absent long. Come, Sir, since I _must_ be so
obliged.

_Lew._ 'Tis I that am obliged. An hour or less will be sufficient
for us. We shall find you at home, madam? (_To Charlotte._)
[_Exit with Mrs. Beverley._

_Char._ Certainly. I have but little inclination to appear abroad.
O! this brother! this brother! to what wretchedness has he reduced
us!
[_Exit._


SCENE VIII. _Changes to _STUKELY'S_ lodgings._

_Enter STUKELY._

_Stu._ That Lewson suspects me, 'tis too plain. Yet why should he
suspect me? I appear the friend of Beverley as well as he. But I am
rich it seems: and so I am; thanks to another's folly and my own
wisdom. To what use is wisdom, but to take advantage of the weak?
This Beverley's my fool: I cheat him, and he calls me friend. But
more business must be done yet. His wife's jewels are unsold;

so is the reversion of his uncle's estate. I must have these too.
And then there's a treasure above all. I love his wife. Before she
knew this Beverley, I loved her; but like a cringing fool, bowed at
a distance, while He stept in and won her. Never, never will I
forgive him for it. My pride, as well as love, is wounded by this
conquest. I must have vengeance. Those hints, this morning, were