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22. This...deserving I look like deserving a hand-
some reward for this information.
23. all sc. his possessions.
24. The younger., .fall Cf. Tilley, R 136. S.D. Q,
F 'Exit.'.

3-4
S.D. Zw. 'The...hovel.' (Camb. <Rowe).'Storme
still' (F after 'endure.' 1. 3). Entry (F).
2. open night sc. night out of doors.
4. Wilt...heart? If he stays outside, his physical
discomforts will distract him from reflecting on his
daughter's ingratitude. Cf. 11. 24-5 ('this...more.'). In
11. 12-14 ('this...there.') he takes a different view.
7. skin: so'tis (Rowe, ed. 11, subs.) F'skinso:'tis'.
8-9. where...scarce felt Cf. Tilley, G 446, 'The
greater grief drives out the less', fixed i.e. chronic,
incurable.
10. thy (£>) F 'they'.
11. i'th'mouth face to face, free at ease.
12. delicate sensitive, this (Q corr.) F <Q un-
corr. (+Camb.) 'the'—which gives 'the fifth "the" in
•z\ lines' (Greg, Variants, p. 164).
14. beats see G. there Emphatic, there—filial
ingratitude! (Singer) Q 'their filiall ingratitude,', F
'there, Filliall ingratitude,'.
filial ingratitude In apposition to 'what beats there'
[Delius, ap. Muir].
15. <z.r=as if. 17-18. In...endure. (F) Q om.
20. frank seeG. gave all (F) Q(+Camb.) 'gaue
you all'—perh. recoil, of 2. 4. 246.
26-7. From F, Q om.
26. S.D. (J.) F om. poverty— (Rowe + Camb.)
F 'pouertie,'. He begins apostrophizing the 'Poor
wretches' of 1. 28.