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DIALOGUES, COLLOQUIES AND TABLEAUX, 463

S h e (calmly).

H e (sternly).
I asked you not.
Shiv {innocently).
Oh, so you did !
(With mock penitence). Next time I'll recoileet to do what T am bid.
He (passionately).
Child I
She (drawing herself up).
Sir ?
H e .
Your eyes— — (slops abruptly). Yes, child-— you try me so ! How
can I work
S h e ikcMglUiiy).
W ell, sir, my eyes- -go on !
H e (recklessly).
Like robbers lurk,
To star my heart.
S.H K (mockingly, hiding her eyes with her fan).
Bad eyes to jail and darkness g e t!
To make a man his temper lose and work neglect,
For shame!
H e (penitently).
How rude am 11 Forgive my shameful haste I
S h e (sweetly).
I will— on one condition, tho'.
H e (ardently).
Quick, let me taste
The bliss of pardon.
S h e ,
’T l,s this : Y ou’ll let me see
If you have made a flattering sketch or daub of me.
H k (hastily rising, stands before easel).
No, no, yo u ask Loo m uch 1