Tick. (Aside.) Good Lord! I’m in for it.
Topp. (To Tick.) Call a friend!
Tick. Say the undertaker. I object.
Topp. It is too late to object, sir. Choose your second. The undertaker will make a good third.
Tick. Are you trying to scare me! I can’t be bluffed!
Topp. Oh, certainly not.
Tick. I’d as soon fight as eat, but—ah—I’ll be magnanimous. I’ll spare you.
Spratt. That’s cool.
Topp. Sir, this is additional provocation. I insist on fighting.