The Duenna by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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_Isaac_. O Lud, no! there lies the jest. Don't you see that, by this
step, I over-reach him? I shall be entitled to the girl's fortune, without settling a ducat on her. Ha! ha! ha! I'm a cunning dog, an't I? a sly little villain, eh? _Don Ant_. Ha! ha! ha! you are indeed! _Isaac_. Roguish, you'll say, but keen, eh? devilish keen? _Don Ant_. So you are indeed--keen--very keen. _Isaac_. And what a laugh we shall have at Don Jerome's when the truth comes out I hey? _Don. Louisa_. Yes, I'll answer for it, we shall have a good laugh, when the truth comes out, Ha! ha! ha! _Re-enter_ DON CARLOS. _Don Car_. Here are the dancers come to practise the fandango you intended to have honoured Donna Louisa with. _Isaac_. Oh, I shan't want them; but, as I must pay them, I'll see a caper for my money. Will you excuse me? _Don. Louisa_. Willingly. _Isaac_. Here's my friend, whom you may command for any service. Madam, our most obedient--Antonio, I wish you all happiness.-- [_Aside_.] Oh, the easy blockhead! what a tool I have made of him!-- |
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