Tom Jones: Lyric Comedy in Three Acts

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ACT II.

The theater changes and represents a pleasant spot in Mr. Western’s garden; one discovers a very short alley that leads to his chateau which can be seen in the background. On the left is a grass seat: in the back, one or two alleys of trees, and here and there on the stage are some of those green-painted seats which, in London as in Paris, form the adornment of gardens.

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SCENE FIRST.

Blifil, Blifil, let us stop here a moment.

I am willing. I even want, before going to find my uncle, to remind you of your promise.

I remember it. I repent of it. Your conduct displeases me.

You see that it is necessary.

Necessary... to be false!

But it is not falsehood at all. I only ask for your silence; finally, if this secret, ignored for so many years, were discovered one day sooner, one day later, what greater advantage would it be for Tom