[thoughtfully]
Yes; looks like it.
HAWCASTLE
[with sharp significance]
If this fellow-countryman of yours were assured that the law would be made to take its course if a favorable answer were not received—say, by ten o'clock to-night—what, in your opinion, would his answer be?
PIKE
[plaintively]
Well, it would all depend upon [pg 118] which of my countrymen you caught. If it depended on the one I know best, he'd tell you he'd see you in hell first!
[The two remain staring fixedly at each other as the curtain slowly descends.]
END OF THE SECOND ACT