"Old Man." I am puzzled how we can change it into equal parts.
[Starts to calculate with the Ingenue and the "Old Woman."
HEROINE. [Tenderly attentive to the Comedian.] You are angry with me, but I was only playing with him so as to wheedle the dollar out of him.
COMEDIAN. And now you want to trick me out of my share of it.
"Old Man." It is impossible to divide it into equal parts. It is absolutely impossible. If it were ninety-eight cents or one hundred and five cents or——
[The Stranger enters from the right, perceives the company, greets it, and continues his way to left. Comedian stops him.
COMEDIAN. I beg your pardon, sir; perhaps you have change of a dollar in dimes, nickels, and pennies.
[Showing the dollar. The "Old Man" and women step forward.
STRANGER. [Getting slightly nervous, starts somewhat, makes a quick movement for his pistol-pocket, looks at the Comedian and the others and says slowly.] Change of a dollar? [Moving from the circle to left.] I believe I have.
WOMEN. Hurrah!