The Duenna by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Or her bosom clasp,
No mantling blush ensues! Then to church well pleased the lovers move, While her smiles her contentment prove; And a pit-a-pat, &c. Her heart avows her love. _Isaac_. Charming, ma'am! enchanting! and, truly, your notes put me in mind of one that's very dear to me--a lady, indeed, whom you greatly resemble! _Duen_. How I is there, then, another so dear to you? _Isaac_. Oh, no, ma'am, you mistake; it was my mother I meant. _Duen_. Come, sir, I see you are amazed and confounded at my condescension, and know not what to say. _Isaac_. It is very true, indeed, ma'am; but it is a judgment, I look on it as a judgment on me, for delaying to urge the time when you'll permit me to complete my happiness, by acquainting Don Jerome with your condescension. _Duen_. Sir, I must frankly own to you, that I can never be yours with my father's consent. _Isaac_. Good lack! how so? _Duen_. When my father, in his passion, swore he would never see me again till I acquiesced in his will, I also made a vow, that I would never take a husband from his hand; nothing shall make me break that |
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