EPILOGUETOKENNEY'SFARCE,"DEBTORANDCREDITOR"
epiloguetokenney'sfarce,"debtorandcreditor"
(1814)
spokenbymr.listonandmr.emeryincharacter
gosling.falseworld——
sampson.you'rebit,sir.
gosling.boor!what'sthattoyou?
withlove'ssoftsorrowswhathastthoutodo?
'tishereforconsolationimustlook.
(takesouthispocketbook).
sampson.nay,sir,don'tputusdowninyourblackbook.
gosling.allheliconishere.
sampson.allhell.
gosling.youclod!
did'stneverhearofthepieriangod,
andtheninevirginsonthesacredhill?
sampson.ninevirgins!—sure!
gosling.ihavethemallatwill.
sampson.ifmissfightshy,then—
gosling.andmysuitdecline.
sampson.you'llmakeadashatthem.
gosling.i'lltipallnine.
sampson.what,wed'em,sir?
gosling.o,no—thatthoughtibanish.
iwoo—notwed;theyneverbringthespanish.
theirfavoursipursue,andcourtthebays.
sampson.mayhap,you'reoneofthemthatwritetheplays?
gosling.bumpkin!
sampson.i'mtoldthepublic'swell-nighcrammedwithsuchlikestuff.
gosling.thepublicmaybedamned.
sampson.theyha'ntdamnedyou?(inquisitively).
gosling.thisfellow'swond'rousshrewd!
i'dtellhimifithoughthe'dnotberude.
onceinmygreeneryears,iwroteapiece.
sampson.aye,sodidi—atschoollike—
gosling.booby,cease!imeanaplay.
sampson.oh!
gosling.andtocrownmyjoys,'twasacted—
sampson.well,andhow—
gosling.itmadeanoise,akindofmingled—(asifmusing).
sampson.aye,describeit,try.
gosling.like—wereyoueverinthepillory?
sampson.no,sir,ithankye,nosuchkindofgame.
gosling.batebuttheeggs,anditwasmuchthesame.
shouts,clamours,laughs,andapeculiarsound,
'like,like—
sampson.likegeese,iwarrant,inapound.
ilikethismainly!
gosling.somebegantocough,
somecried—
sampson.goon—