Rip.
Dat is a fact; but I suppose you have called concerning de rent. [Aside.] How my heart [goes and comes!][71] [Aloud.] Now if your honour will be so [good][72] enough to—
Derric.
To write the receipt: certainly.
Rip.
Nine, nine! [Aside.] I'm stewed alive mit [perspiration.][73]
Derric.
We'll talk of the rent at a future period! There is another affair on which I wish to consult you.
Rip.
Take a chair, your honour.—[Aside, rubbing his hands together.]—It's all right, by de hookey.—[Aloud.]—Take a glass mit me. [They take chairs.