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THE PRIME MINISTER
Sir Robert.
You will be tried and punished.
Margaret.
Try me; punish me!
Sir Robert.
Your family and friends will be punished also.
Margaret.
[Alarmed.] What?
Sir Robert.
Every one of them.
Margaret.
But they've done nothing.
Sir Robert.
Nothing? The young woman who lent her name
to this abominable trick? The young man who
fetched the cab for you? The family who saw you
off on your criminal errand? What Court in the
world would believe such a story?
Margaret.
But it's true. This is all my own scheme. My
people had notliing to do with it.
Sir Robert.
Tsch!
Margaret.
I give you my sacred word of honour sir——
