23/25 It only means a few guineas and I made free to promise him a purse. Within a week you'll be face to face with your rival and you'll have your revenge." "To the devil with my revenge. It's the girl I want, you blundering idiot." "And it's the girl you shall have, by gad. Can't you see, my good sir, that when you clap your hands on the fellow you clap your hands on the girl too ?" "S'life! Do you mean to say she's with him ?" "I'd go to a thousand deaths on that." "I'll not believe it. The girl's a pretty fool or I shouldn't have made her sweet on me with so little trouble, but she's not that sort." "If she isn't, all I can say is that St.Giles and Drury Lane are the places where innocent and unsuspecting maids are to be found. |