MRS. S. And yet you allowed me to be robbed.
POS. Come I like that—you allowed yourself to be robbed.
MRS. S. (contemptuously) And you did nothing.
POS. I beg your pardon, I looked on in silent astonishment.
MRS. S. But you ought to have made a noise.
POS. So I did—I tumbled down backwards into a lot of grocery.
(from the beginning of this Scene between MRS. SOMERTON and POSTLETHWAITE it has gradually become daylight)
MRS. S. And to think that he should be allowed to effect his escape! What shall I do?
POS. Do? Take example by me, show a proper spirit like me, and send for the police.