The Old Bachelor: a Comedy by William Congreve
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afraid I shall have a fit.
LAET. Bless me! What fit? BELL. Oh, a convulsion--I feel the symptoms. LAET. Does it hold you long? I'm afraid to carry you into my chamber. BELL. Oh, no: let me lie down upon the bed; the fit will be soon over. SCENE VIII. SCENE: St. James's Park. ARAMINTA and BELINDA meeting. BELIN. Lard, my dear, I am glad I have met you; I have been at the Exchange since, and am so tired - ARAM. Why, what's the matter? BELIN. Oh the most inhuman, barbarous hackney-coach! I am jolted to a jelly. Am I not horribly touzed? [Pulls out a pocket-glass.] ARAM. Your head's a little out of order. |
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