VANE. She? s’death, who?
TRIP. Mrs. Vane!
VANE. My wife—here—and with him?
TRIP. No—not with him!
POM. I regret to contradict you, my dilapidated friend, or to hurt you, my dear Vane; but really, in self-defence—you know this signature (offers paper written by Woffington).
VANE. Mabel’s hand!
POM. Yes—what my attentions began, your little peccadilloes finished—cause and effect, my dear fellow,—pure cause and effect.
VANE. Coxcomb and slanderer! draw and defend yourself.
[draws.