I shall make you
[_In his ear._] a convert; be sure of it.
_Enter_ CAPTAIN ARBALD _and_ KATE.
KATE. Why, the company is breaking up. We missed you all, sadly. Here
come the guests.
CLEVELAND. Ah, Arbald, I'm afraid you will have to forego Miss Rose,
here--
ARBALD. To pluck a flower no less sweet.
ROSE. What? Why, Kate--
ARBALD. I have your sister's consent, Miss Elsworth, conditioned only
that you all accord with her decision.
ROSE. And so you have been making love under the _rose_ all this
while. Do not doubt our good wishes.
METCALF. I wonder where Bridget is. I'll pop the question before
morning.
ELSWORTH. Rose, you have neglected your friends. Let us go in.
ROSE. Our first duty is to the friends before us--
WALTER. To which faction do they adhere--red or blue?
ROSE. True blue and rebel, I'll be sworn--but I will ask them! [_Comes
forward. To_ ARMSTRONG.] You see, sir, they respond already. [_To the
Audience._] Do you approve the Whiggish maid, and sanction her schemes
so boldly played? The heart of love is heroic in every age; and after
all
What difference can we affix,
Twixt love to-day, and Love in '76?
CURTAIN.
_The End._
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