Concerning the discovery that the Duke of York's mistress, Mrs. Clarke, was involved in the sale of army commissions.
Print shows the Duke of York, in regimentals, and Mrs. Clarke sitting side by side on a settee at the end of an oblong table. She leans towards him saying, "That will be a profitable job you know"; he answers "Yes my Darling, he had better use you well." Three other women sit at the table, with glasses of wine. One (left) says: "Only mind the Countess"; she holds a letter: [No]lekens Fleet Prison. Another answers: "Aye Aye, the Baroness has allways a good thing at hand"; she holds a paper, List of Prom[otions] ... Major Shaw. A grotesque footman, wearing officer's uniform with gorget, is so entranced by his reflection in a pier-glass that glasses fall from the salver he holds. In front of the Duke and Mrs. Clarke are papers: General; Sam Carter; Clavering; O'Mera; Dowler; Frenches Levy. No one sees Whitbread who enters at right, directing a broad beam of light from a dark lantern on the Duke and Mrs. Clarke. He says: "When men do deal in Deeds of darkness--t'is Woman are their Counsel."