A Duel in the Dark: An Original Farce, in One Act

by J. Stirling Coyne

GREEN. Allow me, sir, to inform you, it’s my deliberate opinion you’re a scoundrel, a miscreant, and a vagabond.

MRS. G. (strutting fiercely to him) Demme, sir!—aw—did you make use of the word “scoundrel?”

GREEN. Scoundrel was the word, sir.

MRS. G. And “miscreant,” sir?

GREEN. Miscreant, emphatically.

MRS. G. And “vagabond,” sir?

GREEN. Vagabond, in its strongest sense, sir.

MRS. G. And do you mean to apply these terms to me offensively?

GREEN. Most offensively, sir.