VAN. Be quiet, Fastman. I have every right in the world, to pitch you
out of that window, if I think proper.
FAST. Ah, indeed!
(_REBECCA gets down, R._
VAN. But I waive it--I waive it, on the condition of your becoming the
instrument of my revenge. I hereby, in the presence of a witness,
invest you with full powers to that end.
FAST. I don't understand you!
VAN. Fastman, you are in love with the woman to whom, by a civil
contract of society, I am united for life.
REBECCA. (_aside to FASTMAN_) Yes, it's quite true--he's her husband.
FAST. (_aside_) Her husband!
VAN. This woman has destroyed every possible link that bound me to
her. Hear me curse her, Fastman! I repudiate her!--do you understand
me, Fastman?--I repudiate her! Cut him out, Fastman--go in and
win!--Cut him out. I request it of you as a favour--you'll be doing me
an immense service.
FAST. Cut who out.
VAN. A perfidious dealer in mahogany! That rascally interloper,
Bobbins.
REBECCA. The good for nothing old fellow!
FAST. You amaze me! It's incredible!
VAN. If he attempt to expostulate--_mind,_ this is your answer--I have
the authority of her husband.