I feel as if I had been walked over carefully by a large concourse of the lower orders!

Georgiana.

So you have been. Thank heaven, his memory is all right.

[Hatcham’s voice is heard in the distance cheering. They all listen.

Sir Tristram.

That’s Hatcham; I’ll raise his wages.

The Dean.

Do I understand that I have been forcibly and illegally rescued?

Sir Tristram.

That’s it, old fellow.