HOLD. Good night; you will not find your night’s rest spoiled by a hot supper, Fergus, ha, ha, ha!
[Exit, R.
EUCLID. (whispers.) Fanny, as soon as he is asleep, you must come here with me, bring your scissors, and we’ll cut a certain gentleman out of the side of the sofa; for we shall not be able to fish him up while this fellow is asleep over him.
FANNY. Suppose we wake him.
EUCLID. Then we must kill him too.
[Exit, R.
FABLE. Rather a pretty girl that! I’ll talk to her. You need not hurry yourself, my dear.
FANNY. I don’t wish to keep you from sleeping, sir.
FABLE. I ain’t at all sleepy.
FANNY. Horrid man! how inconvenient! (aside.) You must be sleepy; you ought to be sleepy; and the best thing you can do is, to go to sleep as fast as you can, and continue sleeping as soundly as possible.