The Female Gamester - A Tragedy by Gorges Edmond Howard
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ANDREWS. Reward your goodness heav'n! [WILSON goes off.]
Re-enter THOMAS. Oh what a fatal change in my affairs! Have you observ'd it, Thomas, yet been silent? THOMAS. I almost wish I knew not how to answer: But since it is his will I must obey. [Aside.] Dare then your faithful servant speak some truths, With which his heart is full? ANDREWS. What prevents you? THOMAS. I dare not--yet--[aside] suppose 'twere of a wife, So lov'd, so doted on?-- ANDREWS. Prithee, proceed. THOMAS. Then know, last night, that as I lay awake, And hearing near the compting-house a noise, I rose, and in the dark mov'd softly towards it; When I (unseen by her) beheld her passing Quickly from thence, and in her hands a light, And key, with which she op'd the iron chest. ANDREWS. [After some pause] Good heav'n! that she could injure me so deeply------ My credit------but I cannot bear to expose her! Means have been us'd to stop all further mischief, |
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