Mr. Weston: "...Fetch Miss Bate. We are growing a little too nice. She is a standing lesson of how to be happy. But fetch them both. Invite them both."

"Both sir! Can the old lady?" ...
"The old lady! No, the young lady, to be sure. I shall think you a great blockhead, Frank if you bring the aunt without the neice."
"Oh! I beg your pardon, sir...."

People with hidden agendas playing simpletons. I also thought this bit with Lucy was really funny---LOL, indeed. Plus, this girl is racking it in, isn't she? And all the secrets have set the beginning of the play up nicely to pique our interests.