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Rh EPH. Where is she now?

AB. No one knows.

EPH. Then what is to be done?

AB. I have a trusty friend who spends his time in travelling through different towns and districts. He will not rest until he has got to know where she is.

EPH. And then, if he finds out?

AB. Then I shall change my dress, and make my way to her under the guise of a lover, in the hope that my words may convert her once again, in spite of this dreadful shipwreck she has made of her life, and bring her back safe into harbour.

EPH. Very well; but what will you do if you have meat put before you to eat, or wine to drink?

AB. I shall not refuse them, in case I should be detected.

EPH. Exactly, you will use your discretion. It is only right and proper to relax the strict bonds of discipline for a moment, to win back a soul for Christ.

AB. To find that you agree with me in all this, makes me the more eager to undertake the enterprise.

EPH. He who knows the secrets of the