Tom Rakewell with rejection letter and Sarah Young fainted, Progress of a libertine (series title), The Rake's Progress (series title), Text in English in the bottom margin. Here Tom receives a rejection letter written by John Rich, the manager of Covent Garden Theatre, about a submitted play. Two people confront Tom; the man with the key as a representative of the debtors' prison (Fleet Prison) and the other man to collect money for the mug of beer. Tom's wife stands next to him with a clenched fist because he gambled away all her money. Two people try to revive a fainted Sarah

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