Unprincipled Clerk, and Wealthy Heroine dining with the Banker_.
_Enter Original Coram_. "I am WALTER CORAM; but I can't prove it, the
villains having stolen my bootjack."
_Enter Comic Villain, who smashes in his hat, and swears_.
_Original Coram. (Approaching him_.) "This is WALTER CORAM, I believe?
I knew you in India. We boarded together. Don't you remember old FUTTYGHUR
ALLAHABAD, and the rest of our set?"
_Comic Villain, in great mental torture_. "Certainly; of course: I
said so at the time." (_Swears and smashes in his hat_.) (_Exeunt
omnes, in search of Virtuous Banker_.)
_Scene_ 2. _Enter Miss Effie Germon, by climbing over the wall_.
"I hate to climb over the wall and show my ankles in these nasty trowsers,
but I must." (_Shows them. Applause_.)
_Enter Daughter of Comic Villain_. "Great Heavings! What do I see? My
beloved clerk offering himself to the wealthy heroine? I must faint!"
(_Faints_.)
_Enter aristocratic lover of wealthy heroine, and catches the faintress
in his arms. Wealthy heroine catches him in the act. Tableau of virtuous
indignation_. (_Curtain_)
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_Young Lady before-named_. "Isn't EFFIE GERMON perfectly sweet?"
_Bostonian Youth_. "Yes; but RISTORI----"
_Mighty Young Men_. "Let's go out for drinks."