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fellow; and devil take me if I could bear to have any reciprocity in good offices with him myself!

Balt. By the Lord! Truebridge, I'll run you thro' the body if you say that again.

True. Ha! come nearer to me then. I shall now tell Freeman of an obligation he owes to you, Baltimore, and we shall see if he bears it more graciously.

Free. I owe my life to his courage.

True. Yes, but it is not that. Come nearer me, Baltimore. (to Free.) You were anxious, I believe, to erect a monument to the memory of your father.

Free. Yes, Sir; and Mr. Jenkison has written for me to have it accomplish'd.

True. And also, at the same time, to have a certificate of your baptism?

Free. Yes. Sir, some family business required it; but I have yet received no answer.

True. No; the clergyman to whom you wrote is my particular friend; he has made the enquiries you desired; and the result is of such a nature that he has thought it necessary to be the bearer of it himself.

Free. What may it be?

True. He is at my house, and will inform you of every thing minutely; but, just at this moment, I can't help telling you myself, that to erect a monument to the memory of your father is unnecessary,