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THE MYSTERY.

AN UNFINISHED COMEDY.

DEDICATION.

To the Rev. George Austen.

Sir, I humbly solicit your patronage to the following Comedy, which, though an unfinished one, is, I flatter myself, as complete a Mystery as any of its kind.

I am, Sir, your most humble Servant,

The Author.

THE MYSTERY, A COMEDY.

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

Men.
Col. Elliott.
Old Humbug.
Young Humbug.
Sir Edward Spangle
and
Corydon.

Women.
Fanny Elliott.
Mrs. Humbug
and
Daphne.

ACT I.

SCENE I.—A Garden.

Enter Corydon.

Corydon. But hush: I am interrupted. [Exit Corydon.

Enter Old Humbug and his Son, talking.

Old Hum. It is for that reason that I wish you to follow my advice. Are you convinced of its propriety?

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