QUALIFIED VOTERS. No!
ONE OF THE PEOPLE. That is the first time we've heard the voters say no!
BURGOMASTER. Officer, put him in the lockup! The question has been answered, then, in the affirmative.
QUALIFIED VOTERS. Yes.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE. [Makes noise like a sheep.] B-a-a-a! [An instant of laughter and commotion.]
BURGOMASTER. The Common Council is adjourned. [Trumpets and drum sound, after which silence on stage.]
RELATIVE. [To Shoemaker.] He's an uncommonly firm expeditor, that burgomaster.
SHOEMAKER. He ought to be in the Legislature—then it would go a little faster with the common motions.
[Burgomaster, Councilmen and Secretary go into Courthouse. People continue to circulate on square; Street-paver keeps aloof.]
SHOEMAKER. [To Chiropodist, Wagonmaker and Relative.] Gentlemen, won't you sit down and drink a glass of ale with me?