Is it to be a tragedy?
PIERROT.
No, gentlemen, we actors have all sworn that we will not die, so it won’t be a tragedy, whatever the poet may have in his mind.
SCAEVOLA.
I am relieved to hear it, for I am possessed of a very soft heart.
PIERROT.
Hang it, sir, neither are we made of stone and iron. I have the honour of assuring you that my susceptibilities are uncommonly delicate. The devil take all inelegancies.
SCAEVOLA.
That is what I say. There is nothing above being a spectator. It is the highest thing one can be.
PIERROT.