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Behn, Aphra

"The Rover"

'Tis well you resolve to follow my Fortunes, for thou darest
never appear at home again after such an Action. Val. That's according
as the young Stranger and I shall agree- But to our business- I
deliver'd your Letter, your Note to Belvile, when I got out under
pretence of going to Mass, I found him at his Lodging, and believe me
it came seasonably; for never was Man in so desperate a Condition. I
told him of your Resolution of making your escape to day, if your
Brother would be absent long enough to permit you; if not, die rather
than be Antonio's. Flor. Thou shou'dst have told him I was confin'd to
my Chamber upon my Brother's suspicion, that the Business on the Molo
was a Plot laid between him and I. Val. I said all this, and told him
your Brother was now gone to his Devotion and he resolves to visit
every Church till he find him; and not only undeceive him in that, but
caress him so as shall delay his return home. Flor. Oh Heavens! he's
here, and Belvile with him too. [They put on their Vizards. Enter Don
Pedro, Belvile, Willmore; Belvile and Don Pedro seeming in serious
Discourse. Val. Walk boldly by them, I'll come at a distance, lest he
suspect us. [She walks by them, and looks back on them. Will. Ha! A
Woman! and of an excellent Mien! Ped. She throws a kind look back on
you.


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