MA'am! Miſs Fanny! Ma'am! Fanny. What...
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Fanny and her maid, Betty, are discussing Fanny's secret marriage to Lovewell, her father's clerk. Fanny reminds Betty that she must keep her voice down and not call Lovewell her husband when others could hear. Betty has realized that her mistress is pregnant and reasons that their marriage must be revealed soon. Betty and Fanny have a close relationship, and Fanny relies heavily on Betty. It is down to Betty to keep watch while Fanny and Lovewell are together.
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MA'am! Miſs Fanny! Ma'am!
Fanny. What's the matter! Betty!
Betty. Oh la! Ma'am! as ſure as I'm alive, here is your huſband—
Fanny. Huſh! my dear Betty! if any body in the houſe ſhould hear you, I am ruined.
Betty. Mercy on me! it has frighted me to ſuch a degree, that my heart is come up to my mouth.—But as I was a ſaying, Ma'am, here's that dear, ſweet—
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