GENTLEMAN (very moved by the importance of the occasion). Don’t be saying that, Missy.
CINDERELLA (pinning up the tails of his coat). Keep still.
GENTLEMAN (with unexpected spirit). I warns you, Missy, I won’t have it cut.
CINDERELLA (an artist). I’ll give you the bits.
GENTLEMAN. I prefers to wear them.
(She compares the coat with the picture of an elegant dummy.)
Were you going to make me like that picture?
CINDERELLA. I had just set my heart on copying this one. It’s the Volupty.
GENTLEMAN (faint-hearted). I’m thinkin’ I couldn’t stand like that man.