Tom.
I’ll raise you up again.
Fopdoodle.
Base horizontal knave, thou canst again raise up my body, but not my character.
Enter Whetstone and Bluegrass, with lantern and dictionary.
Bluegrass.
A brave salutation, gentlemen! We will pursue the code of honor where it does not conflict with us. Let the principals advance, and shake hands in the usual way, to show that they in humor and honor are not ill. [Whetstone and Fopdoodle advance and shake hands. To Tom] We must compare size, weight, and calibre of type. [They compare dictionaries.] The weapons are of the same edition. Now for choice of positions; but there are two esteemed objects in the heavens,—Mars and the moon; for them we’ll toss up. [To Tom] Head or tail? [Tosses up a coin.]
Tom.
Tail.