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Rh Well—er

Oh, I wish he were my husband—I should be proud of him.

Angelica, if you'd only been a man—if you'd been my eldest son instead of my eldest daughter, I'd have taken you by the hand and called you a fine fellow [shakes hands with her], but those are hardly the proper sentiments for a young married woman.

If he were my husband, I'd show him how a woman can forgive.

But he isn't your husband, and that makes all the difference. Don't be hard on Betsy. It's easy enough for one woman to forgive another woman's husband.

Rh

Speakah Mullenburg an' Mistah Morris has jes' come.

Did you say Mr. Hamilton was engaged?

Yessah, but they said lack de odders dat dey'd wait, so I done showed 'em into de room wid de rest of 'em.

Very well, Zekiel.