full length · drama
The Gamester (1753)
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Characters
| Scene Vi | lead | 3 speeches |
| Scene Iii | lead | 2 speeches |
| Scene V | lead | 2 speeches |
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_Enter BATES._
_Bates._ The news, I see, has reached you. But take comfort, madam. (_To Charlotte_) There's one without, enquiring for you. Go to him, and lose no time.
_Char._ O misery! misery! [_Exit_.
_Mrs. Bev._ Follow her, Jarvis. If it be true that Lewson's dead, her grief may kill her.
_Bates._ Jarvis must stay here, madam: I have some questions for him.
_Stu._ Rather let him fly. His evidence may crush his master.
_Bev._ Why, ay; this looks like management.
_Bates._ He found you quarrelling with Lewson in the street last night. [_To Beverley._
_Mrs. Bev._ No; I am sure he did not.
_Jar._ Or if I did--
_Mrs. Bev._ 'Tis false, old man--They had no quarrel; there was no cause for quarrel.
_Bev._ Let him proceed, I say--O! I am sick! sick! Reach me a chair. [_He sits down._
_Mrs. Bev._ You droop, and tremble, love--Your eyes are fixt too--Yet You are innocent. If Lewson's dead, You killed him not.