Con. It’s a dramatised police affair.
Fle. What signifies if the manager is bound over to keep the piece.
Con. Well said! Capital! Now don’t put itself out of temper. I freely admit that the story is very touching, but if I do not feel it, what would you have? It is a sentiment I have never experienced, and, therefore, cannot comprehend.
Fle. (aside) Holder’s right.
Con. At any rate I shall look the character to the life, and that’s everything now-a-days. I shall have a simple white robe. Oh! I have been very studious about my dress.
Fle. And you don’t know a word of your part yet.
Con. Ah! that’s because I have not studied that.
Fle. That reason’s conclusive.
Con. Besides, I was out of temper. Some one sent me a bouquet this morning, and Belgrave has been making such a fuss about it.
Fle. He came to me, pretending that I had sent you the bouquet.