BARON. Been in battle too!--I am glad to hear it. You have known hard
services, but now they are over, and joy and happiness will
succeed.--The reproach of your birth shall be removed, for I will
acknowledge you my son, and heir to my estate.

FREDERICK. And my mother----

BARON. She shall live in peace and affluence. Do you think I would
leave your mother unprovided, unprotected? No! About a mile from this
castle I have an estate called Weldendorf--there she shall live, and
call her own whatever it produces. There she shall reign, and be sole
mistress of the little paradise. There her past sufferings shall be
changed to peace and tranquility. On a summer's morning, we, my son,
will ride to visit her; pass a day, a week with her; and in this social
intercourse time will glide pleasantly.

FREDERICK. And, pray, my Lord--under what name is my mother to live
then?

BARON [confused]. How?

FREDERICK. In what capacity?--As your domestic--or as----

BARON. That we will settle afterwards.

FREDERICK. Will you allow me, Sir, to leave the room a little while,
that you may have leisure to consider _now_?

BARON. I do not know how to explain myself in respect to your mother