School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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CARELESS. No, no, that won't do! Mr. Premium, you have demurred
at the toast, and must drink it in a pint bumper. FIRST GENTLEMAN. A pint bumper, at least. MOSES. Oh, pray, sir, consider--Mr. Premium's a gentleman. CARELESS. And therefore loves good wine. SECOND GENTLEMAN. Give Moses a quart glass--this is mutiny, and a high contempt for the chair. CARELESS. Here, now for't! I'll see justice done, to the last drop of my bottle. SIR OLIVER. Nay, pray, gentlemen--I did not expect this usage. CHARLES. No, hang it, you shan't; Mr. Premium's a stranger. SIR OLIVER. Odd! I wish I was well out of their company. [Aside.] CARELESS. Plague on 'em then! if they won't drink, we'll not sit down with them. Come, Harry, the dice are in the next room.--Charles, you'll join us when you have finished your business with the gentlemen? CHARLES. I will! I will!-- [Exeunt SIR HARRY BUMPER and GENTLEMEN; CARELESS following.] Careless. |
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