Robert. But if their wicked deeds could so unnerve one,
Why give them statues?
Bert.'Cause they don't deserve one.
That's our strict rule—a rule we never garble—
Good deeds we write in sand, bad deeds in marble.
Some of the puns in the piece are worth recording. Thus, Alice says of a porter, to whom half a crown has been given:—
He'll spend it all upon his favourite wets—
He tipsy gets with all the tips he gets.
Again, Gobetto says of Robert:—
He's smoking to a pretty tune, I'll bet, oh!
Prince. That pretty tune must be "Il Cigaretto."
Gobetto says to Robert:—
We saw you through the window, pouring fizz in!
Robert. I liked the wines, but didn't like the quizzin.