Horace. A tramp? Well, I can’t see him, then. I can’t see him. Tell him to come again in the morning.

Bella. I told him that, sir.

Horace. Well, what did he say?

Bella. Well, sir, he said he was a persevering kind of man, but he’s what I should call obstinate.

Horace. What do you mean?

Bella. He said he wouldn’t go away till he had seen you—and I don’t think he will.

Horace. It is too maddening. I can’t have one moment to myself. Very well, show him in. Show him in. (Exit Bella.) First of all Aunt Martha, then that fool Dicey, then Minnie and now a tramp.

(Enter Bella with Tramp. Exit Bella R.)

Horace. Well, what is it? What is it? What do you want?

Tramp. Mr. Brampton told me to give you this. (Hands letter.)