_Man_.
Come, come, old wife! you women are so hard
On one another! You speak fair for men,
And make allowances; but when a woman
Crosses your way, you speak the worst of her.
But where is this you're going then to-night?
Do they want me to go as well as you?

_Woman_.
Yes, you must go, or else it is no use.
They cannot give the money to me, except
My husband go with me. He told me so.

_Man_.
Well, wife, it's worth the going--but to see:
I don't expect a groat to come of it.



SCENE III.--_Kitchen of a small inn_. Host _and_ Hostess.


_Host_.
That's a queer customer you've got upstairs!
What the deuce is he?

_Hostess_.
What is that to us?
He always pays his way, and handsomely.
I wish there were more like him.