EUCLID. Ah--h--hem! the store-room you mean. Fetch it.
[_Exit FANNY, R._
RECK. It will be rather acceptable, I assure you. I have just come off
a very unpleasant journey.
EUCLID. What? by the coach?
RECK. (_aside._) No, by the basket. You mentioned your wife. You are
married--and these are your lodgings?
EUCLID. For the present; I don't think I shall stay here.
RECK. Where shall you go then?
EUCLID. (_aside._) To Newgate, most likely. That, sir, depends
entirely upon circumstances.
_Enter FANNY with bottle and glass, R._
RECK. (_drinking._) Ha, ha! another--(_drinks._) very good--no, I
don't know that it is so very good. There's a queer twang in this
wine--have you ever noticed it?
EUCLID. No--you know I never touch wine.
RECK. Oh, I remember you patronise water. How queer I feel!
EUCLID. Patronise water! what do you mean by patronising water?
Oh--ha, ha! you mean I drink it.
RECK. Of course I do. Egad, I wish I had drank water instead of this
infernal stuff. I feel quite uncomfortable.
EUCLID. (_aside._) So do I.
FANNY. (_aside._) So do I.