GRIMSHAW, BAGSHAW, AND BRADSHAW.
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| Bag.
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Why, about me and Towzer!
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| Grim.
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Towzer? what! Soosan's husband!
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| Bag.
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Hush! he's here—in the house—you'll not betray me?
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| Grim.
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Not I! Oh, you good-for-nothing Don Juan you! By the bye, between you and me, a few lessons in the rudiments of English Grammar wouldn't do Soosan any harm! (a loud knock at door r. h.)
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| Tow.
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(without) Open the door!
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| Bag.
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Towzer's voice! (to Grim.) Where shall I go? put me somewhere—Ah! (rushes into closet l. c, and closes door after him.)
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| Grim.
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He's shut himself up in the closet—he'll be suffocated to a certainty.
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| Tow.
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(banging at r. h. d., and in a loud voice) Open the door, I say, or I'll split it into ten thousand pieces!
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| Grim.
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(shouting) Don't be absurd—call again to-morrow! I've just gone out!
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| Tow.
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(without, and thumping again at door) Open the door, I say!
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| Grim.
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(shouting) I'm coming! I'd better let Towzer in—I'll soon get rid of him! (opens door r. h.)
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Enter Towzer, who immediately seizes Grimshaw by the collar, and brings him forward.
| Tow.
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Now, sir, your name, if you please!
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| Grim.
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No, not Shaw—Grimshaw!
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| Tow.
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That's near it, but not quite the thing! Suppose we say Bradshaw, eh?
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| Grim.
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Well, say Bradshaw, or Clapshaw, or Scrimshaw if you prefer it; but nevertheless, it's Grimshaw!
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| Tow.
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I know better, and so do you—my name's Towzer—you hear, Sir? Towzer—and now, Sir!
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| Tow.
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Pshaw! where is she?
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| Grim.
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She! (aside) I see it all—he's come after Mrs. Towzer, and takes me for my facetious young friend there, in the closet. Ha. ha, ha!
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