The Gamester (1753) by Edward Moore
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SCENE V.
_Enter BATES._ Look to your men, Bates; there's money stirring. We meet to-night upon this spot. Hasten and tell them so. Beverley calls upon me at my lodgings, and we return together. Hasten, I say; the rogues will scatter else. _Bates._ Not till their leader bids them. _Stu._ Come on then. Give them the word, and follow me; I must advise with you. This is a day of business. [_Exeunt._ SCENE VI. _changes to _BEVERLEY'S_ lodgings_. _Enter BEVERLEY, and CHARLOTTE._ _Char._ Your looks are changed too; there's wildness in them. My wretched sister! how will it grieve her to see you thus! _Bev._ No, no; a little rest will ease me. And for your Lewson's kindness to her, it has my thanks: I have no more to give him. _Char._ Yes; a sister and her fortune. I trifle with him; and he complains. My looks, he says, are cold upon him. He thinks too-- |
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