A dance. Whetstone and Violet, Bluegrass and Ninon, Northlake and Catharine; Scythe inspects Jack with his glass and takes him for a partner.
[Curtain.
Scene II.—A balcony.
Enter Whetstone and Violet.
Violet.
Sir Knight of the Horn of Plenty, did thy grand-uncle slay the Indians?
Whetstone.
All of them. The banks of the Mississippi were covered. He had hired soldiers under him who harvested their scalps while he slew them. In my life in Flatpuddle Smith’s Biography of Great Men, you will find him given as my great collateral ancestor.
Violet.
Thy family is warlike, but surely thou art a gentle knight.