ABSOLUTE
I'll come instantly.——
[Exit SERVANT.]
Well, my little hero, success attend you. [Going.]
ACRES
——Stay—stay, Jack.—If Beverley should ask you what kind of a man
your friend Acres is, do tell him I am a devil of a fellow—will you,
Jack?
ABSOLUTE
To be sure I shall. I'll say you are a determined dog—hey, Bob!
ACRES Ah, do, do—and if that frightens him, egad, perhaps he mayn't come. So tell him I generally kill a man a week; will you, Jack?
ABSOLUTE
I will, I will; I'll say you are called in the country Fighting Bob.
ACRES Right—right—'tis all to prevent mischief; for I don't want to take his life if I clear my honour.
ABSOLUTE
No!—that's very kind of you.
ACRES
Why, you don't wish me to kill him—do you, Jack?