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SCENE II.
_An Apartment in the Castle._
SIR PHILIP BLANDFORD _discovered_--MISS BLANDFORD _reading._
_Miss B._ Shall I proceed to the next essay?
_Sir Philip._ What does it treat of?
_Miss B._ Love and friendship.
_Sir Philip._ A satire?
_Miss B._ No, father;--an eulogy.
Sir _Philip._ Thus do we find, in the imaginations of men, what we in
vain look for in their hearts.--Lay it by. [_A knocking at the door._]
Come in--
_Enter_ EVERGREEN.
_Everg._ My dear master, I am a petitioner to you.
_Sir Philip._ [_Rises._] None possesses a better claim to my
favour--ask, and receive.
_Everg._ I thank you, sir. The unhappy Henry--
_Miss B._ What of him?
_Sir Philip._ Emma, go to your apartment.
_Miss B._ Poor Henry!
_Sir Philip._ Imprudent man!
_Everg._ [SIR PHILIP _turns from hint with resentment._] Nay, be not
angry; he is without, and entreats to be admitted.
_Sir Philip._ I cannot, will not, again behold him.
_Everg._ I am sorry you refuse me, as it compels me to repeat his words:
"If," said he, "Sir Philip denies my humble request, tell him, I demand
to see him.
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