ACT II.
SCENE I. A room in Freeman's house; a table with drawings, &c, scattered upon it, in one corner, and a writing table near the front of the stage. Mrs. Freeman is discovered writing. Enter Charlotte and her Governess.
Mrs. Freeman. (raising her head.)
Come here, Miss Freeman: that gown sits with no grace in the world. (turning Char. round.) No, it is not at all what I intended: I shall have it taken to pieces again. (To the Gov.) Was she in the stocks this morning?
Gov. Yes, Madam,
Mrs. F. From her manner of holding her head one would scarcely believe it. Go to your drawing, and finish it if you can before Mr. Bescatti comes. (Charlotte sits down unwillingly to the drawing table; the Governess takes her work and sits by her; and Mrs. Freeman sits down again to write.)
Enter Mr. Bescatti.
Mrs. F. O Bescatti! you are just the very person I want. I have put a quotation from one of your Italian poets, expressive of the charms of friendship, into the letter I am writing to my dear, amiable Mrs. Sillabub; and as I know she shews all the letters she receives from her friends, I would not have
