VAN. More mystery! I've no cousin of the name of Bobbins!
MRS. BOBBINS. No, I have married again--but you had a maiden aunt of the name of Tabby?
MRS. BOBBINS. Your aunt is dead, and left you all her property.
VAN. Nonsense, you don't say so! Then I'll give up photography, and return again to the grand style of art! And now, (_to the audience_) if the unravelling of all this mystification has only been as satisfactory to you as it has been to us, I can truly say that nothing is wanting to complete the happiness of VANDYKE BROWN.
FASTMAN. REBECCA. MRS. BROWN. V. BROWN. MR. BOBBINS. MRS. BOBBINS.
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This transcription is based on images digitized by Google from a copy made available by Harvard University and posted by the Hathi Trust Digital Library at:
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011612920
In addition, it was checked against the text posted by the Victorian Plays Project at:
http://victorian.nuigalway.ie/modx/assets/docs/pdf/Vol39xiiiVandyke.pdf
In general, this transcription attempts to retain the formatting, punctuation and spelling of the source text. Thus, variant spellings such as "musn't," "doat," "ecstacies," and "illnatured" have been retained. Some minor inconsistencies and errors have been corrected as follows:
-- p. 2: COSTUMES.--The pres--Based on the text available through the Victorian Plays Project, changed the costume note to "COSTUMES.--The present day."
-- p. 4: if you could'nt manage to--Changed "could'nt" to "couldn't".
-- p. 5: I'm sure I dont want to stay--Changed "dont" to "don't".
-- p. 5: we have been married scarcely three years. and this--Changed the period after "years" to a comma.
-- p. 6: AUGUS The little cherub!--Added a period after "AUGUS".
-- p. 9: MRS BROWN. So, sir, I perceive you are--Inserted a period after "MRS".
-- p. 10: I have the honour to wish you a good morning, Mrs Duval.--Added a period after "Mrs" for consistency.
-- p. 13: Why, he must have followed me home--Added a period to the end of the sentence.
-- p. 16: He had'nt been five minutes in the house--Changed "had'nt" to "hadn't".
-- p. 16: (_they sit, BOBBINS R., VANDKYE BROWN L._--Changed "VANDKYE" to "VANDYKE".
