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The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) by Thomas Baker
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Sir _Har._ I am he.

_Con._ An't please your Baronetship, searching some Houses of ill repute,
in one of 'em we found these three Gentlemen, [_pointing to_ Totty _and_
Knapsack.] with three Women; and searching a little further, under a fat
Whores Petticoats, we found this little Gentleman, [_Pointing to_ Shrimp.]
but saying they belong'd to your Honour, we brought 'em hither before we
went to the Justice.

Sir _Har_. They do belong to me; here's a Crown for you to drink; pray
leave us.

_Tot_. If you be Sir _Harry Sprightly_, my Grand-Mother will be very angry
when she hears how these Fellows ha' daub'd my Cloaths.

Sir _Har_. [_To_ Shrimp.] Was that the Place I order'd you to carry the
Boy to.

_Tot_. Boy, the Gentlewoman I ha' been with, did'n't think mee a Boy.

Sir _Har_. What Gentlewoman?

_Tot_. Why, we ha been at the Tavern, where we drunk pure Sack, and saw
Madam _Betty_, the Orange-Lady; and afterwards we went to fine Madam
_Over-done_'s stately Lodgings in _Vinegar-Yard_, where we ha' been as
merry as my Grand-Mother, when she gets drunk with _Plague-Water_. [_Feels
his Pockets._] Ah Lard! Mr. _Shrimp_, where's my Hundred Pound Bill?

Sir _Har_. The Lady you ha' been with, I guess, has pickt your Pocket, and
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