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Here they are. ACRES O mercy!--now--that I was safe at Clod-Hall! or could be shot before I was aware! [Enter FAULKLAND and CAPTAIN ABSOLUTE.] Sir LUCIUS Gentlemen, your most obedient.--Hah!--what, Captain Absolute!--So, I suppose, sir, you are come here, just like myself--to do a kind office, first for your friend--then to proceed to business on your own account. ACRES What, Jack!--my dear Jack!--my dear friend! ABSOLUTE Hark'ee, Bob, Beverley's at hand. Sir LUCIUS Well, Mr. Acres--I don't blame your saluting the gentleman civilly.--[To FAULKLAND.] So, Mr. Beverley, if you'll choose your weapons, the captain and I will measure the ground. FAULKLAND My weapons, sir! ACRES Odds life! Sir Lucius, I'm not going to fight Mr. Faulkland; these are my particular friends. Sir LUCIUS What, sir, did you not come here to fight Mr. Acres? FAULKLAND Not I, upon my word, sir. Sir LUCIUS Well, now, that's mighty provoking! But I hope, Mr. Faulkland, as there are three of us come on purpose for the game, you won't be so cantanckerous as to spoil the party by sitting out. ABSOLUTE O pray, Faulkland, fight to oblige Sir Lucius. FAULKLAND Nay, if Mr. Acres is so bent on the matter---- ACRES No, no, Mr. Faulkland;--I'll bear my disappointment like a Christian.--Look'ee, Sir Lucius, there's no occasion at all for me to fight; and if it is the same to you, I'd as lieve let it alone. Sir LUCIUS Observe me, Mr. Acres--I must not be trifled with. You have certainly challenged somebody--and you came here to fight him. Now, if that gentleman is willing to represent him--I can't see, for my soul, why it isn't just the same thing. ACRES Why no--Sir Lucius--I tell you, 'tis one Beverley I've challenged--a fellow, you see, that dare not show his face!--if he were here, I'd make him give up his pretensions directly! ABSOLUTE Hold, Bob--let me set you right--there is no such man as Beverley in the case.--The person who assumed that name is before you; and as his pretensions are the same in both characters, he is ready to support them in whatever way you please. Sir LUCIUS Well, this is lucky.--Now you have an opportunity---- ACRES What, quarrel with my dear friend Jack Absolute?--not if he were fifty Beverleys! Zounds! Sir Lucius, you would not have me so unnatural. Sir LUCIUS Upon my conscience, Mr. Acres, your valour has oozed away with a vengeance! ACRES Not in the least! Odds backs a
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