Blaise the Cobbler (1771) - Page 21

THE OFFICER.

Of walnut wood.

THE SECOND OFFICER.

Of walnut wood.

BLAISINE.

Hey! Well, are you in a hurry to drink?

BLAISE.

I am no longer in a hurry to drink.

BLAISINE.

Can you pay, can you pay?

BLAISE.

But what the devil can they be writing so much?

BLAISINE.

Hey! Your furniture.

BLAISE.

Perhaps they will not write you down.

BLAISINE.

What! You can still laugh!

BLAISE.

I am laughing with anger, because I think I could beat them.

SCENE III.

The preceding actors, Mde P I N C E.

Mde P I N C E.

AH! You do not want to pay

Your rent,

Scoundrels that you are!

You make

Debts,

Without working:

At your door chatting
You spend all day like a Prince.

AN OFFICER, continuing to dictate.

Of Walnut wood.