The Busie Body by Susanna Centlivre
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page 24 of 136 (17%)
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Sir _Geo._ Aye! and about the oddest Bargain perhaps you ever heard off; but I'll not impart till I know the Success. _Marpl._ What can his Business be with Sir _Francis?_ Now wou'd I give all the World to know it; why the Devil should not one know every Man's Concern. (_Aside_. _Cha._ Prosperity to't whate'er it be, I have private Affairs too; over a Bottle we'll compare Notes. _Marpl._ _Charles_ knows I love a Glass as well as any Man, I'll make one; shall it be to Night? Ad I long to know their Secrets. (_Aside._ _Enter _Whisper_._ _Whis._ Sir, Sir, Mis _Patch_ says, _Isabinda_'s Spanish Father has quite spoil'd the Plot, and she can't meet you in the Park, but he infallibly will go out this Afternoon, she says; but I must step again to know the Hour. _Marpl._ What did _Whisper_ say now? I shall go stark Mad, if I'm not let into this Secret. (_Aside._ _Cha._ Curst Misfortune, come along with me, my Heart feels Pleasure at her Name. Sir _George_, yours; we'll meet at the old place the usual Hour. |
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