Mrs. Ly monologue — Married Life: A Comedy, in Three Acts

'Twas some victim to his villainy, no doubt. How to discover the mystery--how to come upon him, when he may be unprepared for equivocation! I have it--my friends,--(_to MR. and MRS. YOUNGHUSBAND_)--If you should meet Mr. Lynx, let me implore you not to breathe a syllable of this matter to him--let me be the first to tell him. Pray oblige me by dining here to-morrow,--(_To MR. and MRS. DOVE_)--you shall then be introduced to my husband, and should it indeed be the person that placed that girl under your care, he cannot dare to deny it. You, my friends--(_To MR. and MRS. Y._)--will also be here--nay, I will invite every soul that I am acquainted with, and publicly expose his villainy.