Tom.
[Closing the door sharply, and facing Gadd with great seriousness.] He is here as the tool of Burroughs.
Gadd.
I will receive him.
[Tom admits Colpoys, who carries a mean-looking "part," and a letter.]
[After formally bowing to the ladies.] Oh, Gadd, Mr. Burroughs instructs me to offer you this part in the pantomime. [Handing the part to Gadd.] Demon of Discontent.
[Gadd takes the part and flings it to the ground; Avonia picks it up and reads it.]
Colpoys.
You refuse it?