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Scene I.

Love for Love

by William Congreve





A room in FORESIGHT's house.

FORESIGHT and SERVANT.

FORESIGHT
Hey day! What, are all the women of my family
abroad? Is not my wife come home? Nor my sister, nor my
daughter?

SERVANT
No, sir.

FORESIGHT
Mercy on us, what can be the meaning of it? Sure
the moon is in all her fortitudes. Is my niece Angelica at home?

SERVANT
Yes, sir.

FORESIGHT
I believe you lie, sir.

SERVANT
Sir?

FORESIGHT
I say you lie, sir. It is impossible that
anything should be as I would have it; for I was born, sir, when the
crab was ascending, and all my affairs go backward.

SERVANT
I can't tell indeed, sir.

FORESIGHT
No, I know you can't, sir: but I can tell, and
foretell, sir.







                                                                                    

 

 

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Love for Love

Prologue. Spoken, at the opening of the new house, by Mr Betterton.
Epilogue. Spoken, at the opening of the new house, by Mrs Bracegirdle.
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