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BOX AND COX.
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| Cox. | I'm ready, sir! [They seat themselves at opposite sides of the table.] Will you lead off, sir? |
| Box. | As you please, sir. The lowest throw, of course, wins Penelope Ann? |
| Cox. | Of course, sir. |
| Box. | Very well, sir! |
| Cox. | Very well, sir! |
| Box. | [Rattling dice and throwing.] Sixes! |
| Cox. | That's not a bad throw of yours, sir. [Rattling dice—throws.] Sixes! |
| Box. | That's a pretty good one of your's, sir. [Throws.] Sixes! |
| Cox. | [Throws.] Sixes! |
| Box. | Sixes! |
| Cox. | Sixes! |
| Box. | Sixes! |
| Cox. | Sixes! |
| Box. | Those are not bad dice of yours, sir. |
| Cox. | Your's seem pretty good ones, sir. |
| Box. | Suppose we change? |
| Cox. | Very well, sir.[They change dice. |
| Box. | [Throwing.] Sixes! |
| Cox. | Sixes! |
| Box. | Sixes! |
| Cox. | Sixes! |
| Box. | [Flings down the dice!] Pooh! It's perfectly absurd, your going on throwing sixes in this sort of way, sir. |
| Cox. | I shall go on till my luck changes, sir! |
| Box. | Let's try something else. I have it! Suppose we toss for Penelope Ann? |
| Cox. | The very thing I was going to propose![They each turn aside and take out a handful of money. |
| Box. | [Aside, examining money.] Where's my tossing shilling? Here it is![Selecting coin. |
| Cox. | [Aside, examining money.] Where's my lucky sixpence? I've got it! |
| Box. | Now then, sir,—heads win? |
| Cox. | Or tails lose—whichever you prefer. |
| Box. | It's the same to me, sir. |
| Cox. | Very well, sir. Heads, I win,—tails, you lose. |
| Box. | Yes—[Suddenly]—no. Heads win, sir. |
| Cox. | Very well—go on