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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ

A. E. Scott-Fortesque (The Toff),
A dilapidated gentleman

William Jones (Bill)
Albert Thomas
Jacob Smith (Sniggers)
merchant sailors

First Priest of Klesh

Second Priest of Klesh

Third Priest of Klesh

Klesh

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an excerpt from the beginning of the play:


(The curtain rises on a room in an inn. Sniggers and Bill are talking, the Toff is reading a paper. Albert sits a little apart.)

Sniggers: What's his idea, I wonder?

Bill: I don't know.

Sniggers: And how much longer will he keep us here?

Bill: We've been here three days.

Sniggers: And 'aven't seen a soul.

Bill: And a pretty penny it cost us when he rented the pub.

Sniggers: 'Ow long did 'e rent the pub for?

Bill: You never know with him.

Sniggers: It's lonely enough.

Bill: 'Ow long did you rent the pub for, Toffy?

(The Toff continues to read a sporting paper; he takes no notice of what is said.)

Sniggers: 'E's such a toff.

Bill: Yet 'e's clever, no mistake.

Sniggers: Those clever ones are the beggars to make a muddle. Their plans are clever enough, but they don't work, and then they make a mess of things much worse than you or me....

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