(Exeunt Andrew and Waverly after Doctor R. I. E.)
Aurora. (alone, fondly) My love! Ain't he coy? I like a bashful lover. It's so gentlemanly, (sits at writing-table)
(Enter Tupper excitedly.)
Tupper. Please, sir—(sees Aurora. laughs) Well, you do look a guy! 'Oiler, boys, 'oiler, 'ere's another guy!
Aurora. You don't know who you're talking to. I shall be your missus soon—I'm going to marry the dear doctor!
Tupper. Oh, don't say that, Aurora! (cries)
Aurora. Ah, you ain't the only one as'll cry when they 'ear the news. There's the butcher and the baker and my cousin, in the h'E division, he'll bust! Poor little Tupper, don't cry. Look 'ere, you shall come and kiss me in the vestry, after it's all over—that's more than I'll let the butcher do. Buck up, it'll soon be over—
Tupper (drying eyes) Oh, I forgot, there's a servant come from Grosvenor Road.
Aurora. Tell 'er to wait.
Tupper. But she says the lady's going to have a fit!