Constance Neville

Servants

 Act I

Act I

CONTENTS

Scene I.—Mr. Hardcastle's house. MR. and MRS. Hardcastle.

Scene I.

Mr. Hardcastle's

MR.

MRS. Hardcastle

Mrs. Hardcastle: I vow, Mr. Hardcastle, I hate such old-fashioned trumpery.

Mrs. Hardcastle:

Hardcastle: And I love it; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine, and I believe you'll own I've been pretty fond of an old wife.

Hardcastle:

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Mrs. Hardcastle: Oh, you're for ever at your old wife. I'm not so old as you'd make me. I was twenty when my son Tony was born, and he's not come to years of discretion yet.

Mrs. Hardcastle:

Hardcastle: Nor ever will, I dare answer; you've taught him finely. Alehouse and stable are his only schools.

Hardcastle:

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