Act 5 — SCENE V.
C. (Conrad) Lüdger translation
Master Clarenbach's house.
Master Clarenbach, Sophia.
Clar. Step in here, child! here you are, if not rich, at least safe. You have now done your duty as a daughter. Now recommend the perverse man to heaven, and let things take their course.
Soph. Can I be easy with that? It is lamentable, that I have no other means left.
Clar. My son has acted as a man of honour ought. He would not leave me till I had given him my word, neither to act nor to speak against your father.
Soph. You have given it.
Clar. And will keep it.
Soph. I will acknowledge it with filial affection, with the same care and attention as if I were your own daughter.
Clar. Jack has obtained you by noble means, dear daughter; that is a good and laudable commencement of the marriage-state.