AGATHA and several GUESTS enter from L. C., and form an AUDIENCE, R.
Listen, all parties present.
DE W. (R. C.) Well, talk away, and make the best of it.
WHITE. Look at the face of this worthy man. Pawkins, get into the dock! (places him on chair, L., and turns another chair round to lean on, &c.) Examine every lineament.
PAWKINS. (on chair, L.) Come, come, you do make one look such a fool!
WHITE. (L. C.) Believe me, this excellent man is one of those rare natures that are seldom to be found. Ask the independent electors of Marylebone, whom they would place in the van.
PAWKINS. I’ve been in the wan!
WHITE. Whom they would place in the van as the staunchest champion of their interests. They will answer Pawkins! Ask the poor——(takes tongs from his own pocket)
PAWKINS. Them’s my tongs!
WHITE. (throws them on table) Ask the poor—the suffering poor—whom they regard as their kindest benefactor. They will answer—Pawkins. (aside to him) Cry!