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CROTCHET CASTLE.
CAPTAIN FITZCHROME.
I, sir? oh! of course, sir.
MR. MAC QUEDY.
Surely, Captain, I rely on you to uphold political economy.
CAPTAIN FITZCHROME.
Me, sir? oh! to be sure, sir.
THE REV. DR. FOLLIOTT.
Pray, sir, will political economy uphold the Athenian theatre?
MR. MAC QUEDY.
Surely not. It would be a very unproductive investment.
THE REV. DR. FOLLIOTT.
Then the Captain votes against you. What, sir, did not the Athenians, the wisest of nations, appropriate to their theatre their most sacred and intangible fund? Did not they give to melopœia, choregraphy, and the sundry forms
