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ness here: the kitchen and the byre set thee better than lobbies and chambers. [Exit Bawldy.] That callant lurks about the house like a brownie. He's a clever varlet, too: he can read the kittle names in the Testament, and ding the dominie himsel at the quastions and caratches. He's as cunning and as covetous as ony gray-haired sinner i' the parish;—a convenient tool, I suspect, in the hands of a very artful woman. [Exit.

SCENE IV.

The Apartment of Annabella, who enters, and throws herself into a chair, remaining silent for a short time, and then speaks impatiently.

ANNABELLA.

What can detain her so long? Could she miss finding him? He is seldom far off at this hour of the day, when broth and beef are on the board; and he can send a boy to the hill as his substitute. I wish the sly creature were come; for time passes away, and with it, perhaps, opportunity.

Enter Phemy.

PHEMY.

He's here, Madam.