With what genteel condescension does he greet Sir Charles; how gracefully nonchalant is he to my Lord Morelove.

"My dear agreeable! _Que je t'embrasse! Pardi! Il y a cent ans que je ne t'ai veu_.

My lord, I am your lordship's most obedient humble servant." So Foppington takes his place in the comedy, and begins to play his brainless but important part.

He, the disconsolate Morelove, and the brilliant Lady Betty all meet at dinner with Sir Charles and Lady Easy.

Of course the hero makes an unsuccessful attempt to regain the good graces of his inamorata, and, of course, the coxcomb carries on a violent flirtation with her in the angry face of his rival.