Dollarson:
Aren’t you going to stay for the celebrations?
Vandergold:
No, I’ve got some things to see to.
Dollarson:
So have I.
Vandergold:
But I’ve given my workmen a holiday. This is a big affair.
Dollarson:
Oh yes, undoubtedly it is. A big affair. But I must be off now.
Vandergold:
Good-bye.
First and Second Constables (controlling the crowd):
Now then, order there, if you please. Stand back a bit there. Back—farther back; that’s it, that’s it. Don’t shove so. Keep in a line there. Move forward a little, gentlemen, this way. Let the children get to the front. And keep quiet here. Just remain quiet, if you please.
[In the meanwhile enter the Mayor with notables and Pieris. The Mayor ascends the rostrum.]
The Mayor (from the rostrum):
Citizens!
The Crowd:
Quiet! Let’s hear what the Mayor has to tell us.
