The Old Debauchees. A Comedy

SCENE VII.

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Martin _solus_.

Go. While I retire and comfort your Daughter. Was this a Suspicion of _Laroon_'s, or am I betrayed? I begin to fear. I'll act with Caution, for I am not able yet to discover whether this Girl be of prodigious Simplicity or Cunning. How vain is Policy, when the little Arts of a Woman are superior to the Wisdom of a Conclave. A Priest may cheat Mankind, but a Woman would cheat the Devil.