ACT IV • Scene 1
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away on it. Humbugged everybody, made 'em do exactly as I wanted. Oh, I am a smart Toad, and no mistake. Now what do you think my very last exploit was?
RAT (severely)
I don't know, Toad. But seeing where it was I found you, and the state you were in, I should say that somebody had dropped you into the river, and then thrown mud at you. It isn't a thing to boast about, really it isn't, Toad.
TOAD
Pooh, that was nothing. I just happened to be—to be heading a pursuit on my horse, right in front of everybody else, in my usual way. And accidentally, not noticing the river in the enthusiasm of the chase, and the horse stopping a moment or two before I did—
RAT (warningly)
Toad.
TOAD
But I wasn't going to tell you about that. Now what do you think—
RAT (taking him by the shoulders)
Toad!
TOAD
Here, hold on a moment. I just want to tell you—
RAT
Toad, you will go upstairs at once, and see if you can pos-
