Rip.
I don't know if it is a cat—but, if it is my dog [Snider],[94] I wouldn't be in his skin when de old woman comes back.
Derric.
There, friend Rip, I have inserted, at your request, this codicil: “Should the said Rip Van Winkle think fit to annul this contract, within twenty years and a day, he shall be at full liberty to do so.”
Rip.
Yah, yah! [dos] is recht—dat is goot. Now [Mr.][95] Burgomaster, what you want me to do?
Derric.
Sign it!
Rip.
Wass?