A Clerk, a Crier, a Jailer, Councilors, Citizens, Soldiers, Sailors, Indians, Servants. TIME— June, 1668 . top...

Enter Mother Carey , from Tavern. Carey. Cap'n! Cap'n Butts! Gen'le gen'lemen! would top ye rune a pore widdy woman by a singing of sech filthy tunes? And me up for my license again nex' Tuesday! Butts. Peace! Peace, Mother Carey, hear your chickens screech! Come, boys! [ Singing. Ha! Ha! Ha! Carey. O, Lord! O, Lord! If the magistrates should hear that song, they'd close my place! Butts. There, there now. [ Chucks her under the chin. ] The magistrates are not as quick to hear a sailor sing as th

Hester. God bless the little darling, how she sleeps! Had I but thought that all my heart would beat Within the tender compass of her arms, I had not prayed she might not be. But now, Although unasked she came, unasked she brought A wealth of love and blessing to my soul. [ Sits and embroiders. ] Thus Providence, although it pierce the heart, Works into it some glorious design; Which on this under side of life is blurred, Thread over thread in infinite confusion. Or, if we are not made of firmes

Roger. The fox that robbed my roost is sly; he keeps The cover warily; and, now the scent Is cold, the curs that yelp in scandal's pack Bay loud on many faults, but cannot trace him. Enter Diggory . Diggory. Doctor, the Governor will join you presently. Roger. Diggory, I will await him patiently. [ Sits. Diggory retires, then returns. Diggory. Doctor, may I beg a word with you? Roger. A thousand if you will. Diggory. I would speak in confidence. Roger. The manner would become thee, Diggory. But

Roger. [ Feeling Dimsdell's pulse ] There's been no change. A very long trance. At times he mumbles; at other times, as now, He lies like death. If ev'ry murderer Were stricken with the image of the thing Which he would deal, 'twould be a blessing! Yet When consciousness returns, with it will come The murderous disposition; for in these cases The mind, although it wanders while the trance Is on, always comes back upon its path Where first it left It. Therefore, 'twere wise in me To be on guard.