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Scene 5--Library in Trenchard Manor in 3 or 4.


Enter Buddicombe, R. 1 E., following Lord Dundreary.


Bud A letter, my lord.

Dun [Takes letter.] You may go. [Exit Buddicombe, R. 1 E. Opens letter.]
``My dear Frederick.'' He calls me Frederick because my name is Robert.
``I wrote you on my arrival.'' Why, I never heard from him.
``But I am afraid you didn't get the letter, because I put no name
on the envelope.'' That's the reason why I didn't get it,
but who did get it? It must have been some fellow without any name.
``My dear brother, the other day a rap came to my door,
and some fellows came in and proposed a quiet game of porker.''
A quiet game of porker, why, they wanted to kill him with a poker.
``I consented and got stuck--'' Sam's dead, I've got a dead lunatic
for a brother--``for the drinks.'' He got on the other side of the paper,
why couldn't he get stuck all on one side.
``P. S.--If you don't get this letter let me know,
for I shall feel anxious.'' He's a mad lunatic. [Exit, R. 1 E.]


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