Scene.—A garden.
Romeo discovered on wall.
Rom.—If there’s one thing damps a fellow’s ardour it’s broken bottles. Now then for a jump.
(Romeo slides off wall, and falls into cucumber frame.)
I always disliked cucumbers, and now they have had their revenge. Now then to reach my charmer’s window.
Climbs up water-butt and falls in. Juliet appears on balcony.
Jul.—I heard something. It must have been the cats.
Romeo’s head appears from water-butt.
O, Romeo, Romeo, what a cold you will get!
Rom.—Suppose you help us out, and pity us afterwards. (She pulls him out.) My lovely Julio—I mean Romlet—bother it, Capulo—no, no, Montaget. I shall forget my own name next.