Col。Starbottle(whohasbeenregardinginterviewwithvisiblescornanddisgust,advancingtoOAKHURST)。Youwill——er——pardonmeif,underthe——er——circumstances,Iwithdrawfromthis——er——
disgracefulproceeding。Thecondonation,bythatman,oftwoofthemosttremendousoffencestosocietyandtothecode,withoutapologyorsatisfaction,Ged,sir,is——er——er——ofitselfaninsulttothespectator。Igo,sir——
Oakhurst。But,Col。Starbottle——
Starbottle。Permitmetosay,sir,thatIholdmyselfforthis,sir,responsible,sir,——personallyresponsible。
[ExitSTARBOTTLE,glancingfuriouslyatSANDY,whosinksonsofalaughing。