CLEVELAND. Why, sir, I thought—
_Enter _ROSE and WALTER, back.
ELSWORTH. That I would sanction such a plot. Major Cleveland, your conduct has made me half a rebel. It was devilish—diabolical, sir!
CLEVELAND. But—
Enter METCALF, dancing.
METCALF. Armstrong has escaped.
CLEVELAND. Escaped! Again! Impossible!
METCALF. He has, or may I be birched.
Enter LIEUTENANT MARVIN.
MARVIN. Sir, the prisoner has escaped—and the woman—