Elizabeth Isabella Spence "What then? Things do their best, and they and we IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. III. OLD PLAY. LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND green, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1827. DAME REBECCA BERRY. CHAPTER I. BEFORE we return to the two ladies and the impatient Alice, it may be as well to retire behind the scenes for a few moments, and witness a little of that mirth which Lord Rochester and his able coadjutor the Duke of Bucks were indulging in at the expence of the ill-fated Sir Ambrose; perhaps it is needless to say that Eden Green performed the part of the sybil; nor did it in any way interfere with his avocations as lord in waiting, he being that ubiquitous sort of personage, whose talents or person were never confined to any particular sphere. VOL. III. v. 3 B 761822 |