Flo But, surely, a villain of Coyle's stability would have destroyed
the paper, the very key-stone of his fraud.
Mur I fear so.
Asa Do you, now, wal, you're wrong, you're both wrong.
I guess you ain't either on you done much cyphering human nature.
The key stone of their fraud is just the point your
mighty cute rascals always leave unsecured. Come along with me,
stranger, and we'll just work up this sum a little, two heads are
better than one. Yours is a little muddled, but mine's pretty clear,
and if I don't circumvent that old sarpint, Coyle--
Flo Well?
Asa Say I am a skunk, that's all, and that's the meanest kind of an animal.
[Exit L. 1st E.]
Flo I owe you much, Mr. Murcott, more than I can ever repay.
Mur No, no, no, if you did but know the hope of seeing you
has roused all the manhood that drink and misery has left me.
God bless you, Miss Florence.
Flo No, you don't call me Florence as you did when I was
the truant pupil and you the indulgent tutor. [Offers her hand.]
Mur No, no; for heaven's sake do not call back that time
or I shall go mad! mad! mad.
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