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SCENE VI.

Courtney, Belinda.
Court.
Belinda, nothing now remains but Ruin.
Our only Hope was in your gentle Usage
Of that malicious Creditor. Indeed
'Twas cruel to repel him, tho' your Brother
Urg'd it—to a Family most cruel!
Tho' Bellmour's Soul abhors him, cou'd not you,
By winning Ways, avert the fatal Blow,
Or lengthen out the Time? Now, all must perish.