"with my back to the fire..."See in text(Act The Second)
The fact that Hardcastle has been absent while he takes care of their baggage lends credibility to Tony Lumpkin's joke in pretending to send the two travelers to a tavern whose innkeeper is Hardcastle. This sets the stage for the misunderstanding to follow.
"Cherry in the Beaux Stratagem..."See in text(Act The Third)
In George Farquhar's comedy *The Beaux' Strategem *(1707), Cherry is the innkeeper's daughter whose goal is to marry a man above her station. However, she becomes infatuated with a gentleman who is masquerading as a valet, a situation relevant to the plot of She Stoops to Conquer.
