Peacock Your humble servant. I prefer you to hang Mr. Rosebud. I'll be off much cheaper.
Trippet Mr. Major, you seem generous. Accept my mistress on the same terms she was to be married to Mr. Flem. That's to say, for one-half the interest on the ten thousand pounds that the Doctor has put on the head of Dudley.
Peacock
That, I can live with.
Worthy
To accommodate you, sir, I would like to consent.
Flem
And, I won't object. I free you of your promise, Doctor.
(Exit Flem.)
Dudley
But, who will care for me? The father-in-law or the son-in-law?
Peacock
I will. I will treat you as I always have.
Dudley
That being the case, I prefer to run the gauntlet.
Worthy
No, Rosebud, no. I will care for you. I will care for his health.