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_(Pearl pulls him back.)_ Ruby. _(screams)_ Oh Andrew. then it's _you!!!_ What's the matter with you? Andrew. _(laughing)_ Nothing! Sound me if you like. _(offers stethoscope)_ Ruby. But _why_ have you come to see a _doctor_? Andrew. _(laughs)_ I haven't--I've brought Vane to introduce him to my old school-fellow, dear old, serious, studious, short-sighted, absent-minded Jack Sheppard. Ruby and Pearl. _(together)_ You know _Jack_? Waver, and Andrew. _(surprised)_ Jack? Ruby. Cousin Jack! Didn't you know? Andrew. No, you never told us you _had_ any cousins. What a lark! Jack's my greatest friend--because we're such opposites, I suppose. I call him Dull Boy, because "all work and no play makes Jack------" see? Rather smart for me, and he calls me "Merry Andrew"--Andrew Merry--Merry Andrew--see? Oh, that was Jolly smart for Jack--only joke he ever made. _(Ruby sits on couch--Andrew behind couch.)_ Waver. Why have you never mentioned his name? Ruby. We haven't seen him since he was a little boy in kilts. Pearl. We saw lots of him then, we were both of us _awfully_ in love with him. Ruby. And we're longing to see him again! _(pointedly)_ Andrew. _(laughing)_ Oh, are you? Well, I shan't be jealous of _serious_ old Jack. Ruby. _(aside)_ Oh, won't you? _(Ruby and Pearl exchange looks, smiling.)_ Waver. Where is he? Ruby. _(quickly)_ He won't be back till half-past--_(coyly)_ How shall we kill time? Andrew. I know, come and shoot tin dickie-birds at the Aquarium--I must have exercise. Ruby. Oh, what fun! Come along! _(Exeunt Ruby and Andrew.)_ Waver. _(breaking away--aside)_ I shall never have the pluck to break it to her that I've got engaged to another girl. Pearl. _(looking at door, then at Waverly, drops Tier eyes)_ Well! Waver. _(stands facing audience, back to writing table--to her)_ Miss Plant. there's something I want to say to you--something--I--I--I don't know how to _say_ it. Pearl. _(coquettishly)_ Then don't say it. Write me a little note, _(taps his arm, goes to table, holds up note-paper and pen)_ Waver. Thanks awfully! _(sits and writes)_ _(Pearl walks away.)_ _(Pauses, aside, alarmed)_ Does she mean business? She's not a lawyer's child for nothing. She might make a Breach of Promise out of this, _(tears up letter and pockets the pieces)_ I'd better blurt it out. _(goes to her)_ I say, it's not--er--it's not that. Pearl. Not what? Waver
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