Travellers, George, must pay in all places: the only difference…

Travellers, George, must pay in all places: the only difference is, that in good inns, you pay dearly for your luxuries, and in bad inns you are fleeced and starved.

Sourced, She Stoops to Conquer
(1771)

Act II

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