Alice.

Oh, bother! I know if he comes near my niece, woman as I am, I'll scratch his eyes out.

Herman.

Mr. Knickerbocker.

Knickerbocker.

The honourable member from —— County, if you please.

Herman.

The judge of the district will this day arrive and give judgement on my appeal: my rights are definitive, and I question the whole world to controvert them. We shall meet before the tribunal; then presume to contend longer if you dare. [Exit.

Knickerbocker.

'Twill be difficult, no doubt, but we'll have a wrangle for the bone, as the dog's have it; there will be no curs found in our party, I'll be sworn. [Aside.] Hang me, but I'm really a little chop fallen and there is a strange sense of dizziness in my head which almost overcomes me.