Con. To go over the part with you seriously.
Fle. Is it possible?
Con. At the theatre, instead of rehearsing we were saying disagreeable things to each other; as that did not appear to me to advantage the piece, I thought an hour with you in good earnest would not be thrown away.
Fle. You’re an angel.
Con. That’s an incontrovertible fact, for what everybody says must be true; but since you intend this character for another——
Fle. I!
Con. Have you not told me so to my face? and (sings)
“My face is my fortune, sir, she said.”
Fle. A moment of irritation—I was not serious.