Louis XIV. took much
later for his device the sun shining in full, with the motto, _Nec
pluribus impar_.]
LEAND. Heavens! What do you tell me? Can I believe such words?
MASC. Sir, there is no compulsion; what does it matter to me? No, pray
do not believe me, follow your own inclination, take the sly girl and
marry her; the whole city, in a body, will acknowledge this favour; you
marry the public good in her.
LEAND. What a strange surprise!
MASC. (_Aside_). He has taken the bait. Courage, my lad; if he does
but swallow it in good earnest, we shall have got rid of a very awkward
obstruction on our path.
LEAND. This astonishing account nearly kills me.
MASC. What! Can you...
LEAND. Go to the post-office, and see if there is a letter for me.
(_Alone, and for a while lost in thought_). Who would not have been
imposed upon? If what he says be true then there never was any
countenance more deceiving.
SCENE III.--LELIO, LEANDER.
LEL. What may be the cause of your looking so sad?
LEAND. Who, I?
LEL. Yes, yourself.
LEAND. I have, however, no occasion to be so.
LEL. I see well enough what it is; Celia is the cause of it.
LEAND. My mind does not run upon such trifles.
LEL.
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