Lover's Vows by August von Kotzebue
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escape--this adventure may cost him his life, and I might have
preserved it with one dollar: but, now, to save him would set a bad example. AMELIA. Oh no! my lord, have pity on him! Plead for him, Mr. Anhalt! BARON. Amelia, have you had any conversation with Mr. Anhalt? AMELIA. Yes, my Lord. BARON. Respecting matrimony? AMELIA. Yes; and I have told him ---- ANHALT [very hastily]. According to your commands, Baron ---- AMELIA. But he has conjured me ---- ANHALT. I have endeavoured, my Lord, to find out ---- AMELIA. Yet, I am sure, dear papa, your affection for me ---- ANHALT. You wish to say something to me in your closet, my Lord? BARON. What the devil is all this conversation? You will not let one another speak--I don't understand either of you. AMELIA. Dear father, have you not promised you will not thwart my affections when I marry, but suffer me to follow their dictates. |
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