“P-r-e-y-e-s, prize,” she said.

“I wouldn’t give much for your ‘preyes,’ pretty maid!”

“’Cause you ain’t got it to give, sir,” she said.

[Exeunt ambo.


“Where are you going to, my pretty maid?”

“I’m going to a lecture, sir,” she said.

“May I come with you, my pretty maid?”

“You won’t understand it, sir,” she said.

“What is the subject, my pretty maid?”