Dunn. (aside) I cannot understand this at all. (aloud) As you are not the Mr. Smith I took you for, and have not come to see me about my daughter, perhaps you will inform me what you did come for.
Smith. What I came for? Well, that's not bad for you after listening to all I have said. Have you forgotten that you wrote me saying you had a mare to dispose of?
Dunn. Wrote you about a mare!
Smith. What a forgetful man you must be. (takes letter from his pocket—opens it and gives it to Dunn., who looks it over) That is the letter; perhaps it will recall the circumstance to mind.
Dunn. I have not written this, sir. (keeps the letter in his hand)
Smith. You have not? On your honor as a gentleman?
Dunn. On my honor as a gentleman.
Smith. That's curious. Have you not got a mare to dispose of?
Dunn. No; more than that I never possessed one or a horse either.