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Mr. Horner and Lady Fidget have started their affair now that her husband, Sir Jasper, is convinces that Mr. Horner is a eunuch. She is trying to persuade Mr. Horner to see only her and no other women, when Sir Jasper enters unexpectedly. They quickly make the excuse that Mr. Horner has to show Lady Fidget china in the other room, and they escape to have a quick rendezvous. Lady Squeamish enters, hoping to find Mr. Horner whom she is also having an affair with, and they come out of the room,
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Start: Sir Jasper: How now!
Lady Fidget: [Aside.] O my husband!—prevented—and what's almost as bad, found with my arms about another man—that will appear too much—what shall I say?—[Aloud.] Sir Jasper, come hither: I am trying if Mr. Horner were ticklish, and he's as ticklish as can be. I love to torment the confounded toad; let you and I tickle him.
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