Agatha.
Where can he be ſo long? He has been gone four hours. Some ill muft have befallen him.
Wife.
It is ſtill broad day-light—don’t think of any danger.—This evening we muſt all be merry. I’ll prepare the ſupper. What a good gentleman our Baron muſt be! I am ſorry I ever ſpoke a word againſt him.
Agatha.
How did he know I was here?
Wife.
Heaven only can tell. The ſervant that brought the money was very ſecret.
Agatha [to herſelf].
I am aſtoniſhed! I wonder! Oh! ſurely he has been informed—Why elſe ſhould he have ſent ſo much money?
Re-enter Cottager.
Agatha.
Well!—not yet!
Cottager.
I might look till I am blind for him—but I ſaw our new Rector coming along the road; he calls in ſometimes. May be, he will this evening.
Wife.
He is a very good gentleman; pays great attention to his pariſhioners; and where he can aſſift the poor, he is always ready.
Enter Mr. Anhalt.
Anhalt.
Good evening, friends.
