That on this day, to the one she loves,
I wish to unite her forever.
I do not see, the more I study it,
Any obstacle to this bond,
You will be happy, Sophie,
And your happiness will be mine.

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SCENE V.

Mr. WESTERN, ALWORTHY.

Richard told me...

Approach, approach, my dear neighbor; you know how long we have been friends.

Yes, and I always remember it with the greatest pleasure.

You have, however, never had the complaisance to hunt a stag with me.

Everyone has their own tastes.

In good faith, I do not know too well what you like.

Tranquility. I never enjoy it; today even, you see me sad. I hear murmurs on all sides against Jones; Blifil even has cause to complain of him; I am sorry for it; that boy is nothing to me; but I raised him, I love him.

And you are right. He is an excellent subject, a brave hunter. Come, my old friend, he is a young man from whom you will only ever have satisfaction.