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her to grant him one boon at parting", which she 

 promises with certain conditions. His request is that 

 she would never desire to see him more, which makes 

 her desirous to see him, and in the end they are 

 married. Her character is written with great spirit. 

 Mrs. Bonavent, whose husband is supposed to have 

 been drowned in a shipwreck, marries Lacy ; on the 

 wedding day Bonavent returns. Tryer encourages 

 Lord Bonvile to test his mistress's virtue ; she is 

 offended and breaks off the match, and at the con- 

 clusion willow garlands are made for Lacy, Tryer, and 

 Rider. The scene is laid in London, and some of the 

 acts take place in Hyde Park on the occasion of the 

 races there both " horse and foot." 



Incidental references relatinor to horse-racine are 

 frequently interposed through the dialogues, which it is 

 unnecessary to follow in detail, as an occasional quota- 

 tion will suffice for our purpose. Thus in Act i we 

 are told that a man of high birth, " next to a woman, 

 he loves a running horse." In Hyde Park, Bonavent, 

 Lacy, Mrs. Caroll, assemble just as a foot-race takes 

 place between an Irish and an English footman, who 

 are seen running across the stage, as usual in such 

 contests in those days, nude : — " Hark what a confusion 

 of tongues there is, let you and I venture a pair of 

 gloves upon their feet ; I'll take the Irish." The Irish 

 footman leads and becomes a hot favourite in the 

 betting, odds of 40, 50, and 100 to 10 being laid upon 

 him, which, ultimately, he wins easily, amid the uproar 

 of the public sufficient to wake the dead in the vaults 

 of Westminster Abbey. 



