# Miscellaneous Plays/The Country Inn Act 2

ACT II.
SCENE I. Lady Goodbody, Miss Martin, and Hannah, Sir John Hazelwood, Worshipton, and Amaryllis, discovered sitting by a table, with wine and glasses, &c. before them.
LADY GOODBODY.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
LADY GOODBODY.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
LADY GOODBODY.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
WORSHIPTON.
LADY GOODBODY (gayly).
WORSHIPTON.
AMARYLLIS.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
WORSHIPTON (to Lady Goodbody).
LADY GOODBODY.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
LADY GOODBODY.
MISS MARTIN.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
WORSHIPTON.
LADY GOODBODY (to Sir John).
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
WORSHIPTON.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
AMARYLLIS.
MISS MARTIN.
LADY GOODBODY.
MISS MARTIN (aside to Lady Goodbody).
LADY GOODBODY (aside to Miss Martin).
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD (to Miss Martin).
MISS MARTIN.
LADY GOODBODY (very angrily).
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
LADY GOODBODY.
Enter David.
DAVID (to Sir John).
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
DAVID.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
DAVID.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
(Filling him a glass.)
DAVID (drinking).
(To Lady Goodbody.)
LADY GOODBODY.
DAVID.
MISS MARTIN.
DAVID.
MISS MARTIN.
DAVID.
MISS MARTIN.
DAVID.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
DAVID.
LADY GOODBODY.
(David goes to the door, and leading in Sally, shuts it in Will's face with great indignation.)
DAVID (to Sally).
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
SALLY.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
SONG.
Tho' richer swains thy love pursue,
In Sunday geer, and bonnets new;
And ev'ry fair before thee lay
Their silken gifts with colours gay;
They love thee not, alas! so well
As one who sighs and dares not tell;
Who haunts thy dwelling, night and noon
In tatter'd hose and clouted shoon.
I grieve not for my wayward lot,
My empty folds, my roofless cot;
Nor hateful pity, proudly shown,
Nor alter'd looks nor friendship flown;
Nor yet my dog with lanken sides,
Who by his master still abides;
But how will Nan prefer my boon,
In tatter'd hose and clouted shoon!
MISS MARTIN.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
SALLY.
DAVID (pinching her arm aside).
SALLY.
(Worshipton laughs impertinently, and stares at Sally, who keeps retiring in confusion as he still continues to stare, and at last runs out.)
DAVID.
(Exit after her in great indignation.
WORSHIPTON (to Amaryllis).
(Exit Worshipton and Amaryllis.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
LADY GOODBODY.
MISS MARTIN.
LADY GOODBODY.
MISS MARTIN.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
LADY GOODBODY.
MISS MARTIN.
LADY GOODBODY.
MISS MARTIN.
LADY GOODBODY.
MISS MARTIN.
LADY GOODBODY.
MISS MARTIN.
LADY GOODBODY.
MISS MARTIN (kissing Lady Goodbody's hand tenderly).
LADY GOODBODY.
(Exit.
MISS MARTIN (looking after her).
HANNAH.
MISS MARTIN.
HANNAH.
MISS MARTIN.
Enter Hopkins.
HOPKINS (gently putting her hand on Miss Martin's shoulder).
MISS MARTIN.
HOPKINS.
MISS MARTIN.
HOPKINS.
MISS MARTIN.
SCENE II. A small room leading to other rooms in the house: Jenkins discovered standing at one of the doors, behind which hang great coats, &c. beckoning to somebody who does not appear; presently enters Worshipton, stepping upon tiptoe.
WORSHIPTON.
(In a low voice.)
JENKINS.
WORSHIPTON.
JENKINS.
WORSHIPTON (speaking in a loud voice).
(Hide themselves amongst the great coats.)
Enter Lady Goodbody and Hopkins, talking as they enter.
LADY GOODBODY (in rather a low voice).
HOPKINS (in a loud voice, having lingered some paces behind to pick up something she has dropt).
WORSHIPTON (behind the door).
Enter Hannah (and Worshipton comes from his concealment).
HANNAH.
WORSHIPTON.
HANNAH.
JENKINS (peeping from his hiding-place).
WORSHIPTON.
HANNAH.
WORSHIPTON.
HANNAH.
WORSHIPTON (Looking at them with affected admiration).
JENKINS (peeping from his hiding-place).
HANNAH.
WORSHIPTON.
HANNAH.
WORSHIPTON.
HANNAH.
WORSHIPTON.
HANNAH.
WORSHIPTON.
HANNAH.
WORSHIPTON.
HANNAH.
WORSHIPTON.
(Sighs two or three times, but she continues staring vacantly, without taking any notice of it.)
JENKINS (aside to Worshipton as he walks near his hiding place, rather at a loss what to do).
WORSHIPTON (ogling Hannah, and giving a groan).
HANNAH.
WORSHIPTON.
HANNAH.
WORSHIPTON.
HANNAH.
WORSHIPTON.
HANNAH.
WORSHIPTON.
HANNAH.
WORSHIPTON (starting up suddenly from his knees).
HANNAH.
Enter Hopkins.
HOPKINS.
HANNAH.
HOPKINS (still staring strangely about).
HANNAH.
HOPKINS (aside).
HANNAH.
(Exeunt Hannah and Hopkins.
JENKINS (coming forward from his hiding-place, and shrugging up his shoulders as he looks after Hannah).
Re-enter Worshipton.
WORSHIPTON.
JENKINS.
WORSHIPTON.
JENKINS.
WORSHIPTON.
JENKINS.
WORSHIPTON.
JENKINS.
WORSHIPTON.
(Exeunt.
SCENE III. A chamber all littered over with books, papers, old coats, shoes, &c. &c. Amaryllis discovered sitting by a table with a pen in his hand, and paper before him. After musing some time, he writes, and then blots out what he has written.
AMARYLLIS (to himself).
"On thy ideal pinions let me fly,
"High-soaring Fancy, far above the sky:
"Beyond the starry sphere towering sublime,
"Where vulgar thought hath never dar'd to—
No, climb does not please me: it is too heavy a motion for thought. (Musing and rubbing his forehead.)
"Beyond all thought inspiring vulgar rhyme."
No, that won't do neither. (Musing again and biting his nails.) Pest take it! if I should bite my ​fingers to the quick it won't come to me. (A gentle knock at the door.) Who's there? (in an angry voice.)
DOLLY (half opening the door).
AMARYLLIS (in a softened voice).
DOLLY.
AMARYLLIS.
DOLLY.
AMARYLLIS.
WORSHIPTON (without).
(Amaryllis runs back to his table again, and pretends to be writing, without attending to the inkstand and several books which he oversets in his haste, whilst Dolly makes her escape by the opposite door just as Worshipton enters.)
WORSHIPTON.
AMARYLLIS (looking up with affected apathy).
WORSHIPTON.
AMARYLLIS.
WORSHIPTON.
AMARYLLIS.
WORSHIPTON.
AMARYLLIS.
WORSHIPTON.
AMARYLLIS.
WORSHIPTON.
AMARYLLIS (softened).
WORSHIPTON.
AMARYLLIS (taking papers from his table).
WORSHIPTON (taking it).
AMARYLLIS.
WORSHIPTON.
AMARYLLIS.
WORSHIPTON.
AMARYLLIS (impatiently).
WORSHIPTON.
AMARYLLIS (still more impatient).
WORSHIPTON.
AMARYLLIS.
WORSHIPTON.
AMARYLLIS.
WORSHIPTON (alone).
(Calling out with a feigned voice.)
Re-enter Amaryllis, with his poem in his hand.
AMARYLLIS.
WORSHIPTON.
AMARYLLIS.
WORSHIPTON (stopping him eagerly).
AMARYLLIS.
WORSHIPTON.
AMARYLLIS (stopping him).
WORSHIPTON.
AMARYLLIS (stopping him again).
WORSHIPTON.
AMARYILLIS (looking after him angrily).
(Exit very majestically.
END OF THE SECOND ACT.