Alice.
So, Mr. Knickerbocker, you are still here.
Knickerbocker.
Yes, all that's left of me! and, now that the coast is clear, I'll give them leg bail, as the lawyers have it; and if ever they catch me here again—[He goes towards the door, and returns in sudden alarm.] Oh dear! oh dear! here's mother Van Winkle coming back. I shall never get out of this mess.
Alice.
It's all your own fault! Why would you come to-night!
Knickerbocker.
I shall never be able to come again—the cross vixen will take care of that if she catches me here.
Alice.
[There is but one method of avoiding her wrath:][102] slip on the clothes the old pedlar woman brought for sale, and I'll warrant you'll soon be tumbled out of the house.