The Gamester (1753) by Edward Moore
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moveables? nor useless trinkets? Bawbles, locked up in caskets, to
starve their owners? I have ventured deeply for you. _Bev._ Therefore this heart-ake; for I am lost beyond all hope. _Stu._ No : means may be found to save us. Jarvis is rich. Who made him so? This is no time for ceremony. _Bev._ And is it for dishonesty? The good old man! Shall I rob Him too? My friend would grieve for't. No; let the little that he has, buy food and cloathing for him. _Stu._ Good morning then. [_Going._ _Bev._ So hasty! Why, then good morning. _Stu._ And when we meet again, upbraid me. Say it was I that tempted you. Tell Lewson so; and tell him I have wronged you: he has suspicions of me, and will thank you. _Bev_, No; we have been companions in a rash voyage, and the same storm has wrecked us both. Mine shall be self-upbraidings. _Stu._ And will they feed us? You deal unkindly by me. I have sold and borrowed for you, while land or credit lasted; and now, when fortune should be tried, and my heart whispers me success, I am deserted; turned loose to beggary, while You have hoards. _Bev._ What hoards? Name them, and take them. |
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