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ACT IV • Scene I
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RAT (helping him up)
Come on the sofa a bit, won't you?
TOAD (faintly)
Thank you, dear Ratty, thank you. (He flops onto the sofa.)
RAT
Here, drink this. You're about done. (He hands TOAD a bottle.)
TOAD (drinking)
Ah! (He drinks again.) That's better. I shall soon be all right. A passing faintness.
RAT (looking at him)
Poor old Toady. And wet as wet. . . . And am I wrong, or are you disguised in parts as a washerwoman who has seen better days?
TOAD (complacently)
Aha.
RAT
That's more like you. Escaped, eh? In disguise?
TOAD (more complacently)
Aha. (He begins to sit up and take notice.)
RAT
That's much better. We'll soon have you all right.
