Trim We were— Shh! Here comes the old man. I've got to pacify him adroitly on this subject. Leave us—I will join you as soon as I can.
(Exit Anna. Enter Matthews without seeing Trim.)
Matthews
To play me such a trick!
Trim (aside)
He seems to be in a rage.
Matthews
To try to put one over on me with such effrontery—a story like that.
Trim
Have we been found out?
Matthews
To have the audacity to say he came from Cliffordshire Manor.
Trim
The mine is blown.
Matthews I wish to know if that devil Trim will also have the effrontery to pass this imposture off on me.
Trim
He knows everything.