REBECCA. (coming down, C.) It isn’t true—I haven’t—don’t believe him, ma’am.
AUGUS. (aside) Confound it! Has she overheard me?
REBECCA. Don’t believe a word he says, ma’am. It’s all through him that I’ve lost my place.
AUGUS. Silence, Rebecca! Go and fetch my hat, I’m going out.
REBECCA. And as to the young lawyer, if I were the gossip he says I am, I could tell a different story.
AUGUS. Silence, I say, Rebecca! Did you hear me tell you to go and fetch my hat and coat?
REBECCA. (going, R.) Well, I’m going for your hat and coat.
Exit, in a passion, R. D.
MRS. BROWN. So, sir, I perceive you are a general admirer of the sex.