The Busie Body by Susanna Centlivre
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_Marpl._ What then! I can call People to part ye. _Char._ Well, but it is no Duel, Consequently no Danger. Therefore prithee be Answer'd. _Marpl._ What is't a Mistress then?--Mum--You know I can be silent upon occasion. _Char._ I wish you cou'd be Civil too: I tell you, You neither Must nor Shall go with me. Farewel. (_Exit._ _Marpl._ Why then--I Must and Will follow you. _Exit._ _The End of the Second Act._ ACT the Third _Enter _Charles_._ _Char._ Well, here's the House, which holds the Lovely Prize quiet and serene; here no noisie Footmen throng to tell the World, that Beauty dwells within; no Ceremonious Visit makes the Lover wait; no Rival to give my Heart a Pang; who wou'd not scale the Window at Midnight without |
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