MRS. WILSON: I see you will have your joke.
MAYNARD: Are you fond of horses?
MRS. WILSON: I love horses.
MAYNARD: Well, come down to the stable and I'll show you some of the finest thoroughbreds you ever looked at. (They both exit Right I.)
(Enter HARVEY SLICK and FELIX FAKE at centre; HARVEY carries a heavy blackthorn walking stick.)
HARVEY: Now remember, you're a statue.
FELIX: You're a liar.
HARVEY: Don't call me a liar.
FELIX: Then don't call me a statue.
HARVEY: Don't you understand, the guy what owns this plantation offers five hundred dollars for a statue and I've come to get the money.