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Book, page 200 / 462 LORD JOHN--WHEELER--BURSAL. Wheeler. Well, but my lord--Well, but Bursal--though my Lady Piercefield--though Miss Bursal is come to Salt Hill, you won't leave us all at sixes and sevens. What can we do without you? Lord J. You can do very well without me. Bursal. You can do very well without me. Wheel. (to Burs.). Impossible!--impossible! You know Mr. Finsbury will be here just now, with the dresses; and we have to try them on. Burs. And to pay for them. Wheel. And to settle about the procession. And then, my lord, the election is to come on this evening. You won't go till that's over, as your lordship has PROMISED me your lordship's vote and interest. Lord J. My vote I promised you, Mr. Wheeler; but I said not a syllable about my INTEREST. My friends, perhaps, have not been offended, though I have, by Mr. Talbot. I shall leave them to their own inclinations. Burs. (whistling). Wheugh! wheugh! wheugh! Wheeler, the principal's nothing without the interest. Wheel. Oh, the interest will go along with the principal, of course; for I'm persuaded, if my lord leaves his friends to their inclinations, it will be the inclination of my lord's friends to vote as he does, if he says nothing to them to the contrary. Lord J. I told you, Mr. Wheeler, that I should leave them to themselves. Burs. (still whistling). Well, I'll do my best to make that father of mine send me off to Oxford. I'm sure I'm fit to go--along with Wheeler. Why, you'd best be my tutor, Wheeler!--a devilish good thought. Wheel. An excellent thought.
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