GRIMSHAW, BAGSHAW AND BRADSHAW.
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| Bag.
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Ah. you don't know Towzer!
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| Emily.
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Don't we, though! (stops on a sign from Fanny.)
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| Bag.
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If he gets into the house before I'm out of it, he's just the sort of fellow to go to sleep on the rug outside my door, and pounce upon me the first thing in the morning.
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| Fan.
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Nevertheless, you must return to your own room again, Sir.
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| Bag.
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No, anything rather than that. I'll get under the table—hide in a closet—Ah! (running to closet, l. c.) Here's the very thing. Holloa! (moving the great-coat, &c, aside) You've got another room here, why didn't you mention it before? I'm very much obliged to you! (goes in through panel.)
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| Bag.
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(putting in his head again between the cloak and the great-coat) I'm very much obliged to you! (disappears.)
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| Fan.
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Was there ever such a cool, impudent fellow as this Bagshaw! (suddenly) Oh! Emily, such a capital idea! he knows nothing of the sliding panel, so I'll just shut him in (goes into the closet, and quietly shuts the panel—runs out again) there—and now, if uncle Towzer has come to look for you—he'll go into that room—find Mr. Bagshaw—arrest him—take him off—and so we shall get rid of both our tormentors at once, (a knocking heard at door r. h.) Who can this be? (knocking repeated, and the door shaken) Who's there?
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| Grim.
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(without) It's me—Grimshaw—open the door! (shaking it again)
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| Emily.
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(alarmed) Don't do any such thing—what will become of me!
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| Fan.
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Run into that room (pointing l. h.) for a minute—I'll soon get rid of Mr. Grimshaw—in—in!
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Emily runs into room l. h., closing the door after her.
| Fan.
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(at door, r. h.) Now, what is it you want?
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| Grim.
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(without) I've left something of the utmost importance behind me.
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| Grim.
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I don't know—yes, I do—it's my purse. I've only got a fourpenny piece in my pocket, and do what I will, I can't get a bed at any hotel, including the chambermaid, for that!
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| Fan.
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You'll not stop long?
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