# Miscellaneous Plays/The Country Inn Act 5

ACT V.
SCENE I. The Kitchen. Landlady discovered going up and down, busy with her family affairs, and David with two countrymen, drinking a pot of beer together.
FIRST MAN (drinking).
DAVID (drinking).
SECOND MAN.
DAVID.
LANDLADY.
DAVID (with great contempt).
(A knocking at the door, Landlady opens it, and enter two Farmers.)
FIRST FARMER.
LANDLADY.
SECOND FARMER.
LANDLADY.
SECOND FARMER.
FIRST FARMER.
LANDLADY.
Enter Sally.
Come hither, Sally: did Doll tell you where she was going this morning?
SALLY.
LANDLADY.
DAVID.
LANDLADY.
DAVID.
LANDLADY.
DAVID.
Re-enter Sally in great haste.
SALLY.
LANDLADY.
SCENE II. Enter Lady Goodbody, Miss Martin, and Sir John Hazelwood.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD (speaking as he enters).
LADY GOODBODY.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
LADY GOODBODY.
MISS MARTIN (fretfully).
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
MISS MARTIN.
LADY GOODBODY (to Miss Martin displeased).
MISS MARTIN.
LADY GOODBODY (peavishly).
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
LADY GOODBODY.
MISS MARTIN (aside, breaking away from them suddenly, and hurrying to the other end of the room.)
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD (to Lady Goodbody).
LADY GOODBODY.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
LADY GOODBODY.
(Exit.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD (going up to Miss Martin).
MISS MARTIN.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
MISS MARTIN.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
MISS MARTIN (turning from him disdainfully).
(Walks to the bottom of the stage with assumed dignity, whilst Sir John sits down much agitated on a chair on the front: she, turning round, perceives his agitation, and forgetting her displeasure, runs up to him eagerly.)
MISS MARTIN.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
MISS MARTIN.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
MISS MARTIN.
JOHN HAZELWOOD (catching hold of her as she goes away).
MISS MARTIN.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
MISS MARTIN.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
MISS MARTIN.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
Enter Worshipton and Hannah.
WORSHIPTON.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
WORSHIPTON.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
WORSHIPTON.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
WORSHIPTON.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
HANNAH (in a busy half whisper).
MISS MARTIN.
HANNAH.
MISS MARTIN.
HANNAH.
Enter Lady Goodbody.
LADY GOODBODY.
WORSHIPTON.
LADY GOODBODY.
WORSHIPTON.
LADY GOODBODY.
WORSHIPTON (aside to Sir John).
LADY GOODBODY.
WORSHIPTON (starting).
LADY GOODBODY.
(Worshipton stands like one petrified for some time, but perceiving a smile upon Miss Martin's face, takes courage.)
WORSHIPTON.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
WORSHIPTON.
HANNAH.
WORSHIPTON.
(Pacing up and down, and tossing about his arms in despair.)
HANNAH (going up to him).
MISS MARTIN (pulling her back).
LADY GOODBODY (going up to him soothingly).
WORSHIPTON.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
HANNAH.
(Taking hold of Worshipton, whilst he shakes her off in disgust.)
LADY GOODBODY.
HANNAH (whimpering).
WORSHIPTON.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
WORSHIPTON.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
WORSHIPTON.
Enter Amaryllis, followed by Dolly and Landlady.
AMARYLLIS.
WORSHIPTON.
AMARYLLIS.
WORSHIPTON.
LANDLADY (to Worshipton).
AMARYLLIS (fretfully to Landlady).
LANDLADY.
WORSHIPTON (bursting into a laugh).
AMARYLLIS.
WORSHIPTON.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD (stepping forward, after having whispered some time behind backs with the Landlady).
(Worshipton, whose mirth stops in a moment, endeavours to resume the laugh again, but finding it wont do, retires in confusion to the bottom of the stage.)
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD (to Amaryllis and Dolly).
AMARYLLIS.
DOLLY.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
AMARYLLIS.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
LADY GOODBODY.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
LADY GOODBODY.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
LADY GOODBODY.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
LADY GOODBODY.
SIR JOHN HAZELWOOD.
WORSHIPTON.