Enter Fopdoodle and Tom, his valet.
Fopdoodle.
By Jove, what is it?—Tom, my man, stand firm.—Audacious creature! So much hair on it, you know. I’d kindly thank you for your card.
Jack.
Apes and conundrums, having been made before pockets, do not carry their cards. Did you ever husk an ear of corn?
Fopdoodle.
Audacious beast! Fopdoodle’s no farmer.
Jack.
Then how do you expect to husk me by the ear? For the ear of an ape stands higher than a vegetable.
Fopdoodle.