# Dramas (Baillie)/The Match/Act 3

ACT III.
SCENE I.—A small Parlour in the House of Latitia; enter Emma, and walks about thoughtfully; presently enter Franklin by another door.
FRANKLIN.
EMMA.
FRANKLIN.
EMMA.
FRANKLIN.
EMMA.
FRANKLIN.
EMMA.
FRANKLIN.
EMMA.
FRANKLIN.
EMMA.
FRANKLIN.
EMMA.
FRANKLIN.
EMMA.
FRANKLIN.
[Exeunt, and as they go off, Flounce enters by the opposite side with a great nosegay of flowers in her hand, and stands gazing after them, before she speaks.]
FLOUNCE.
Enter Butler, stealing behind her.
BUTLER.
FLOUNCE.
BUTLER.
FLOUNCE.
BUTLER.
FLOUNCE.
BUTLER.
FLOUNCE.
BUTLER.
FLOUNCE.
BUTLER.
FLOUNCE.
BUTLER.
FLOUNCE.
BUTLER.
FLOUNCE.
BUTLER.
FLOUNCE.
[Exeunt severally, Butler carrying the flowers.
SCENE II.
A narrow Passage running along the front of the Stage.
Enter Footman and a Boy, crossing and jostling one another.
FOOTMAN.
BOY.
FOOTMAN.
BOY.
FOOTMAN.
[Giving Boy a kick as they hurry off and exeunt.
SCENE III.
The Scene opens, and discovers Sir Cameron Kunliffe, Brightly, Thornhill, Latitia, Emma, and Franklin beside her, occasionally employed in pouring out tea, &c., seated round a Table, while laughing and talking is heard as the Scene opens.
SIR CAMERON.
THORNHILL.
SIR CAMERON.
THORNHILL.
SIR CAMERON.
EMMA.
BRIGHTLY.
THORNHILL.
EMMA.
LATITIA.
SIR CAMERON.
EMMA.
SIR CAMERON.
BRIGHTLY.
SIR CAMERON.
BRIGHTLY.
SIR CAMERON.
LATITIA.
SIR CAMERON.
LATITIA.
EMMA.
BRIGHTLY.
EMMA.
BRIGHTLY.
LATITIA.
BRIGHTLY.
[They all rise from the tea-table and arrange themselves on the front of the Stage.]
Latitia Vane, Spinster, is called for.
LATITIA.
BRIGHTLY.
LATITIA (holding up her hands).
BRIGHTLY.
LATITIA.
EMMA.
BRIGHTLY.
LATITIA.
BRIGHTLY.
EMMA.
SIR CAMERON.
BRIGHTLY.
LATITIA.
BRIGHTLY.
THORNHILL.
LATITIA.
BRIGHTLY.
THORNHILL.
BRIGHTLY.
LATITIA.
BRIGHTLY.
LATITIA (going about in a bewildered manner).
BRIGHTLY.
LATITIA.
BRIGHTLY.
LATITIA.
BRIGHTLY.
LATITIA.
SIR CAMERON.
LATITIA.
SIR CAMERON.
LATITIA.
EMMA.
LATITIA.
EMMA.
It is for my interest if it be for yours; and let me put this hand, which has always been kind to me, into a stronger hand, that will bear the rule over it in kindness. (Putting the hand of Latitia into that of Sir Cameron, who receives it with gallant respect.) ​
SIR CAMERON.
EMMA.
THORNHILL.
BRIGHTLY.
SIR CAMERON.
FRANKLIN (advancing from the rear to Sir Cameron).
SIR CAMERON.
FRANKLIN.
SIR CAMERON.
BRIGHTLY.
SIR CAMERON.
Is it possible? did Hardy betray me then? (To Franklin.)
FRANKLIN.
SIR CAMERON.
FRANKLIN.
SIR CAMERON (covering his face with his hands).
BRIGHTLY.
SIR CAMERON.
BRIGHTLY.
SIR CAMERON.
BRIGHTLY.
SIR CAMERON.
BRIGHTLY.
SIR CAMERON.
I am beaten to the ground! I am lower in my own opinion than my worst enemy would have placed me, or even (pointing to Brightly) this good-natured friend.—Dear Latitia, I am sensible of my infirmity; I am incapable of being a good husband to any woman; and though it has long been my ambition to be yours, I remit your engagement and restore you to your liberty.
BRIGHTLY (eagerly).
THORNHILL.
BRIGHTLY.
LATITIA.
BRIGHTLY.
THORNHILL.
LATITIA.
What, in the name of wonder, are they disputing about? (To Sir Cameron.)
SIR CAMERON.
BRIGHTLY (to Sir Cameron).
SIR CAMERON.
THORNHILL.
LATIT1A.
BRIGHTLY.
SIR CAMERON (to Franklin).
FRANKLIN.
SIR CAMERON.
THORNHILL (aside, eyeing Franklin and Emma anxiously).
[Franklin approaches Emma timidly, who motions him away, and he obeys, while Thornhill, with his face brightening up, goes close to her on the other side.]
THORNHILL (aside).
BRIGHTLY (overhearing him).
EMMA (to Thornhill).
THORNHILL.
Yes, gentle creature, I saw you at your uncle's in Cheshire, where you were my harmless playfellow, and I became, by your own consent, possessed of this cherished token, (turning to Franklin, who goes up to him sternly.) which shall be taken from me only with my life.
BRIGHTLY.
THORNHILL.
BRIGHTLY.
SIR CAMERON.
BRIGHTLY.
SIR CAMERON.
LATITIA.
BRIGHTLY.
LATITIA.
[The Curtain drops.