Excerpt from The Commissary: A Comedy; In Three Acts; As Performed at the Theatre Royal in the Hay-Market
Scene, Mrs. Mechlin"s House.
(Loud knocking at the Door.)
Enter Jenny.
Rap, rap, rap, up stairs and down, from morning to night; if this same Commissary stays much longer amongst us, my mistress must e"en hire a porter. Who"s there?
Simon without.
Sim. Is Mrs. Mechlin at home?
Jen. No. - [opens the door] - Oh, what is it you, Simon?
Enter Simon.
Sim. At your service, sweet Mrs. Jane.
Jen. Why you knock with authority; and what are your commands, Master Simon?
Sim. I come, madam, to receive those of your mistress. What, Jenny, has she any great affair on the anvil? Her summons is most exceedingly pressing; and you need not be told, child, that a man of my consequence does not trouble himself about trifles.
Jen. Oh, sir, I know very well you principal actors don"t perform every night.
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