BOX AND c.o.x.
Good gracious!
BOX.
Has she any money?
c.o.x.
Is she well off?
BOUNCER.
No. I support her entirely.
BOX.
Oh! Then bless you, Bouncer. Persevere. Go on supporting her.
c.o.x.
I congratulate you, Bouncer. You may keep your Dowager to yourself.
PENELOPE.
And if you like to join us at the wedding-breakfast--
BOUNCER.
We shall be delighted--
PENELOPE.
Now, as always--
BOUNCER.
To see--
PENELOPE.
Two old friends.
BOUNCER.
Come, join hands. I"m an old soldier.
BOX.
You are.
BOUNCER.
I"ve stolen a march upon you.
c.o.x.
You have.
BOUNCER.
But forgive and forget.
BOX.
I"ll forget you with pleasure, but forgive--oh! Penelope Anne!
c.o.x.
Well, I"ll forgive you; but don"t do it again.
BOUNCER.
I promise.
PENELOPE.
So do I.
BOX.
Do you? Then there"s my hand, and when I"ve got my Castle in Spain you shall come and stop with me. (_Aside_) I"ll have old Bouncer up before the Inquisition.
c.o.x.
And when I"ve got my Palazzo di c.o.xo at Venice, you shall always find a knife and fork at your service. (_Aside_) I"ll take him out for a walk by a ca.n.a.l and upset him.
[_Enter WAITER with tray, which he puts down. Everything is placed ready for dejeuner a la fourchette._
WAITER.
Das Fruhstuck ist fertische.
(_Applause._)
ALL.
Eh?