The farmer's wife: a comic opera, in three acts / Written by C. Dibdin, Jun. and performed, for the first time, at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on Tuesday, February 1, 1814.
- Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin
- Date:
- 1814
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The farmer's wife: a comic opera, in three acts / Written by C. Dibdin, Jun. and performed, for the first time, at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on Tuesday, February 1, 1814. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![l^Fhe Door in the back part of the Scene opens^ and Miss Courtly appears with Mrs. Cornflower, who flies to her Husband.^\ Miss C. Brother! brother! I have discovered this secret; and I owe the exposure of it to my own honour, and the hope of your reformation. Sir Charles. Confusion ! Mrs. C. [Recovering.^ Henry, is it a dream; of am I safe ? My brother here, too ? Corn. [Putting her gently from him^ Emma, this is not a dream; would it were! From here you go for ever: but my arms must now be widowed. [Mrs. C. faintingy is supported by Capt. B.'] [To Sir Charles.] Look, look at that beauteous ruin, and say, murderer! fiend! what atonement you can make for such a wreck ? Oh, she was an angel of light! now she is— Sir Charles. Not quite so vehement, sir: for I must say, in my own defence, as well as the lady's, that she is innocent. Corn. Innocent? speak it again; innocent? Mrs. C. [Recovered^] Y es, Henry, indeed in¬ nocent. Corn. Yet you fled my house. Sir Charles. Involuntarily, sir. Corn. A husband’s honour bears a sacred cha¬ racter. I must be satisfied beyond a doubt. I never compromised my love: I cannot, will not, compromise my honour. Mrs. C. [IVeeping.'] Too cruel! Sir Charles. What proof do you want? If being dragged here against her will; if agony for you, and contempt for me, constitute innocence, I repeat she is innocent. Mrs. C. Indeed it is truth. Enter Servant. Serv. [To Sir Charles.] A gentleman named Barnard, sir.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30374790_0087.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
