Pry. No; but I make it my business to see the coach come in every day. I can’t bear to be idle.
Doub. Useful occupation, truly!
Pry. Always see it go out; have done so these ten years.
Doub. (Going up.) Tiresome blockhead! Well; good morning to you.
Pry. Good-morning, Mr. Doubledot. Your tavern doesn’t appear to be very full just now.
Doub. No, no.
Pry. Ha! you are at a heavy rent? (Pauses for an answer after each question.) I’ve often thought of that. No supporting such an establishment without a deal of custom. If it’s not an impertinent question, don’t you find it rather a hard matter to make both ends meet when the first of the month comes round?
Doub. If it isn’t asking an impertinent question, what’s that to you?
Pry. O, nothing; only some folks have the luck of it: they have just taken in a nobleman’s family at the opposition house, the Green Dragon.