The Politician Out-Witted
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TOUPEE. Vous ne m'entendez pas. [_Hastily._
TRUEMAN. Do you threaten me, you insignificant thing? Do you call me names?
TOUPEE. Diable! me no stand under your names.
TRUEMAN. Zounds and fury! I am raving. Must I bear to be abus'd in this manner, by a vile Tonsor?
TOUPEE. Yes, you Schoolmastare; you tell me vat be you booby.
TRUEMAN. Pertinacious, audacious reptile! [_Canes TOUPEE._
TOUPEE. Ah, mon dieu! mon dieu! [_Runs off._
TRUEMAN. To insult a professor of Orthography, Analogy, Syntax, and Prosody!
SCENE II. _A Street._
_Enter YOUNG LOVEYET._
In compliance with the commands of a father, here I am, once more in the place of my nativity. Duty to him, and curiosity to know, why he has enjoined my sudden departure so peremptorily, as well as a desire to see New-York (perhaps never to leave it more) have all conspir'd to bring me here sooner than I am expected,--let me see--yes, I must try to find out Frankton first.