With a sourish complaint that the Republicans who would control the convention were "opposed to any contest for the nomination," Rocky declared himself out of the running.
Duke Vincentio finally returns to square these various accounts, "measure for measure," and give this sourish play an ambiguously happy ending.
When Adams still had his Eve (Marian "Clover" Hooper), and the world was as sweet as this sourish Boston Brahmin ever found it.