Mrs. P. My Billy would never have done such a thing.
Humpty. Of course he wouldn't—he's much too stupid.
Mrs. P. Stupid! Not he—he's got too much sense to go falling off a wall just when a procession was coming. I shall go home and tell him what you did.
Humpty. And mind you tell him that all the King's horses and all the King's men couldn't pick Humpty Dumpty up again—till he chose!
[Gets up.
CURTAIN
[A] For this brew plenty of blacking should be mixed with water; it should be shaken up the last thing to make sure that the blacking has not sunk to the bottom.