[The pauses are always filled by stamping in the pit and the playwright delivers this monologue in recitative, so that the effect is rather melodramatic.]
PEACEMAKER (behind the scenes).
No, I will not appear.
PLAYWR.
But why not, pray?
PEACEMAK.
Why, I have already undressed.
PLAYWR.
That doesn't matter. (He pushes him forward by force.)
PEACEMAKER (appearing in his ordinary dress, with, the set of bells).