Ah , there you are ! I 'm very glad to meet you . Let 's take the opportunity to have a little serious conversation , Miss Lucy . You know perfectly well that I am displeased with the behavior of my niece . My age ! You 're a model of moderation ! My disordered imagination ! What impudence .It 's the disorder of your actions which make me speak out — and there is nothing worse than the life you are living . What ? Is there anything more scandalous than the expenditures Belinda is constantly making — a girl without a penny in income . Just what she needs to maintain a large house and extravagant tastes . And how is she to make her fortune ? And meanwhile her reputation evaporates . She 'll learn . She wo n't have a penny of mine . My brother , who wanted her to be a nun will disinherit her . Patience , patience , she wo n't always be young . Oh , very well — and all the profit you will get from that will be to die in a charity ward : both dishonored . A successful marriage . She 's going to get married ? Just in time ! But I wo n't be a party to it . I wo n't help her make anyone think she 's either respectable or rich . I renounce her as my niece , and I will not aid her to deceive anyone ; goodbye . I believe this will be some grand alliance ! What a shame — the poor man ! There 's something strange and distracted about his manner . Well — it 's Mr. Richly . You 've come back to England , eh ? I 'm very distressed about the misfortune you 've suffered . I do n't think anybody , Mr. Richly , has ever seen me otherwise . Locked up — me — have me locked up ? But if you are not ordinarily more crazy than at present , I think it 's very wrong you should be put away . They sold my house ? My poor Mr. Richly . My house has n't been sold , and it 's not for sale . What do you mean as if I was still in good mental health ! Go away , you 're an old madman , an old madman who should n't be allowed out of Bedlam — of Bedlam , my friend . Just try . I 'll be waiting for you . Back to your padded cell you lunatic ! Hurry and lock him up , he 's becoming dangerous , I 'm warning you . Ah , truly , I have just been warned of some nice business , Mr. Richly . They say your son is marrying my niece . It 's that bitch of a Lucy and my niece . Belinda is my niece — and if your son has married her , I 'll give her a dowry which will satisfy you .