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the double-dealer(两面派)-第15部分

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end   he?     A  brave   chopping   boy。       I'll   settle   a   thousand   pound   a   year 

upon the rogue as soon as ever he looks me in the face; I will; gads…bud。 

I'm  overjoyed   to   think   I   have   any  of   my  family  that   will   bring  children 

into the world。       For I would fain have some resemblance of myself in my 

posterity;   he;  Thy?     Can't   you   contrive   that   affair;   girl?  Do;   gads…bud; 

think on thy old father; heh?         Make the young rogue as like as you can。 

     CYNT。       I'm glad to see you so merry; sir。 

     SIR PAUL。         Merry; gads…bud; I'm serious; I'll give thee five hundred 

pounds for every inch of him that resembles me; ah; this eye; this left eye! 

A thousand pounds for this left eye。             This has done execution in its time; 

girl;   why;   thou   hast   my   leer;   hussey;   just   thy   father's   leer。 Let   it   be 

transmitted   to   the   young   rogue   by  the   help   of   imagination;   why;   'tis   the 

mark of our family; Thy; our house is distinguished by a languishing eye; 

as the house of Austria is by a thick lip。              Ah! when I was of your age; 

hussey;   I   would   have     held   fifty   to  one;   I   could  have   drawn   my   own 

picturegads…bud   I   could   have   donenot   so   much   as   you;   neither;   but 

nay; don't blush。 

     CYNT。       I don't blush; sir; for I vow I don't understand。 

     SIR PAUL。        Pshaw; pshaw; you fib; you baggage; you do understand; 

and you shall understand; come; don't be so nice。                 Gads…bud; don't learn 

after   your   mother…in…law   my   lady   here。      Marry;   heaven   forbid   that   you 

should follow her example; that would spoil all indeed。 Bless us! if you 

should take a vagary and make a rash resolution on your wedding night; to 

die   a   maid;   as   she   did;   all   were   ruined;   all   my   hopes   lost。 My   heart 

would break; and my estate would be left to the wide world; he?                       I hope 

you are a better Christian than to think of living a nun; he?               Answer me? 

     CYNT。       I'm all obedience; sir; to your commands。 

     LADY  PLYANT。            'Having   read   the   letter。'   O   dear   Mr。   Careless;   I 

swear he writes charmingly; and he looks charmingly; and he has charmed 

me; as much as I have charmed him; and so I'll tell him in the wardrobe 

when   'tis   dark。   O   criminy!      I   hope   Sir   Paul   has   not   seen   both   letters。 

'Puts the wrong letter hastily up; and gives him her own。'                 Sir Paul; here's 

your letter; to…morrow morning I'll settle accounts to your advantage。 



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                                     SCENE IV。 



       'To them' BRISK。 

    BRISK。      Sir Paul; gads…bud; you're an uncivil person; let me tell you; 

and all that; and I did not think it had been in you。 

     SIR PAUL。       O law; what's the matter now?        I hope you are not angry; 

Mr。 Brisk。 

    BRISK。       Deuce take me; I believe you intend to marry your daughter 

yourself; you're always brooding over her like an old hen; as if she were 

not well hatched; egad; he。 

     SIR    PAUL。    Good     strange!    Mr。   Brisk   is  such  a  merry   facetious 

person; he; he; he。      No; no; I have done with her; I have done with her 

now。 

    BRISK。       The fiddles have stayed this hour in the hall; and my Lord 

Froth wants a partner; we can never begin without her。 

     SIR PAUL。       Go; go child; go; get you gone and dance and be merry; 

I'll come and look at you by and by。        Where's my son Mellefont? 

    LADY PLYANT。           I'll send him to them; I know where he is。 

    BRISK。      Sir   Paul;   will   you   send   Careless   into   the   hall   if   you   meet 

him? 

     SIR PAUL。       I will; I will; I'll go and look for him on purpose。 



                                     SCENE V。 



       BRISK alone。 

    BRISK。       So   now   they   are   all   gone;   and   I   have   an   opportunity   to 

practice。    Ah!    My dear Lady Froth; she's a most engaging creature;   if 

she were not so fond of that damned coxcombly lord of hers; and yet I am 

forced   to   allow   him   wit   too;   to   keep   in   with   him。 No   matter;   she's   a 

woman of parts; and; egad; parts will carry her。 She said she would follow 

me   into   the   gallery。 Now   to   make   my   approaches。     Hem;   hem!      Ah 

ma… 'bows。' dam!        Pox on't; why should I disparage my parts by thinking 

what to say?     None but dull rogues think; witty men; like rich fellows; are 

always   ready   for   all   expenses;   while   your   blockheads;   like   poor   needy 



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scoundrels; are forced to examine their stock; and forecast the charges of 

the day。 Here she comes; I'll seem not to see her; and try to win her with a 

new airy invention of my own; hem! 



                                    SCENE VI。 



       'To him' LADY FROTH。 

    BRISK       'Sings;   walking    about。'   'I'm   sick  with  love;'  ha;  ha;  ha; 

'prithee; come cure me。       I'm sick with;' etc。    O ye powers!       O my Lady 

Froth;   my   Lady   Froth;   my   Lady   Froth!  Heigho!     Break   heart;   gods;   I 

thank you。     'Stands musing with his arms across。' 

    LADY FROTH。           O heavens; Mr。 Brisk!       What's the matter? 

    BRISK。       My    Lady   Froth!    Your    ladyship's   most   humble    servant。 

The    matter;   madam?     Nothing;     madam;     nothing   at  all;  egad。  I  was 

fallen   into  the   most   agreeable   amusement      in  the  whole    province    of 

contemplation:      that's all(I'll seem to conceal my passion; and that will 

look like respect。)     'Aside。' 

    LADY FROTH。           Bless me; why did you call out upon me so loud? 

    BRISK。      O Lord; I; madam!        I beseech your ladyshipwhen? 

    LADY   FROTH。         Just   now   as   I   came   in;   bless   me;   why;   don't   you 

know it? 

    BRISK。      Not I; let me perish。     But did I?     Strange!    I confess your 

ladyship was in my thoughts; and I was in a sort of dream that did in a 

manner represent a very pleasing object to my imagination; but… …but did I 

indeed?To see how love and murder will out。            But did I really name my 

Lady Froth? 

    LADY FROTH。            Three times aloud; as I love letters。        But did you 

talk of love?     O Parnassus!      Who would have thought Mr。 Brisk could 

have been in love; ha; ha; ha。        O heavens; I thought you could have no 

mistress but the Nine Muses。 

    BRISK。      No more I have; egad; for I adore 'em all in your ladyship。 

Let   me   perish;   I   don't   know   whether   to   be   splenetic;   or   airy   upon't;   the 

deuce take me if I can tell whether I am glad or sorry that your ladyship 

has made the discovery。 

    LADY FROTH。           O be merry by all means。        Prince Volscius in love! 



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Ha; ha; ha。 

    BRISK。      O barbarous; to turn me into ridicule!         Yet; ha; ha; ha。 The 

deuce take me; I can't help laughing myself; ha; ha; ha; yet by heavens; I 

have a violent passion for your ladyship; seriously。 

    LADY FROTH。           Seriously?     Ha; ha; ha。 

    BRISK。      Seriously; ha; ha; ha。     Gad I have; for all I laugh。 

    LADY FROTH。           Ha; ha; ha!     What d'ye think I laugh at?        Ha; ha; 

ha。 

    BRISK。      Me; egad; ha; ha。 

    LADY FROTH。           No; the deuce take me if I don't laugh at myself; for 

hang me if I have not a violent passion for Mr。 Brisk; ha; ha; ha。 

    BRISK。      Seriously? 

    LADY FROTH。           Seriously; ha; ha; ha。 

    BRISK。      That's well enough; let me perish; ha; ha; ha。        O miraculous; 

what a happy discovery。       Ah my dear charming Lady Froth! 

    LADY FROTH。           Oh my adored Mr。 Brisk!        'Embrace。' 



                                   SCENE VII。 



       'To them' LORD FROTH。 

    LORD FROTH。           The company are all ready。       How now? 

    BRISK。      Zoons! madam; there's my lord。         'Softly to her。' 

    LADY   FROTH。          Take   no   notice;   but   observe   me。 Now;   cast   off; 

and meet me at the lower end of the room; and then join hands again; I 

could   teach   my  lord   this   dance   purely;   but   I   vow;   Mr。   Brisk;   I   can't   tell 

how to come so near any other man。            Oh here's my lord; now you shall 

see me do it with him。      'They pretend to practise part of a country dance。' 

 
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