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Snake has come to visit Lady Sneerwell. She pays him to forge letters
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[Discovered Lady Sneerwell at the dressing-table ; Snake drinking chocolate.]
Lady Sneer. The paragraphs, you say, Mr. Snake, were all inserted?
Snake. They were, madam; and as I copied them myself in a feigned hand, there can be no suspicion whence they came.
Lady Sneer. Did you circulate the report of Lady Brittle' s intrigue with Captain Boastall?
Snake. That's in as fine a train as your ladyship could wish. In the common course of things, I think it must reach Mrs. Clackitt's ears within four-and- twenty hours; and then, you know, the business is as good as done.
Lady Sneer. Why, truly, Mrs. Clackitt has a very pretty talent, and a great deal of industry.
Snake. True, madam, and has been tolerably successful in her day. To my knowledge she has been the
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