COX. I shall go on till my luck changes, sir!
BOX. Let’s try something else. I have it! Suppose we toss for Penelope Ann?
COX. The very thing I was going to propose! (They each turn aside and take out a handful of money.)
BOX (aside, examining money). Where’s my tossing shilling? Here it is (selecting coin).
COX (aside, examining money). Where’s my lucky sixpence? I’ve got it!
BOX. Now, then, sir—heads win?
COX. Or tails lose—whichever you prefer.
BOX. It’s the same to me, sir.
COX. Very well, sir. Heads, I win—tails, you lose.