| (Merlin) {Holding up a partly-made pair of black trousers.} | |
| (1, 0) 104 | I just came in to say "Good morning" to Merlin, Mr. Jones. |
| (1, 0) 105 | I─I thought I should find him alone. |
| (Josiah) Man is never alone, my young friend─the All-seeing Eye follows him everywhere. | |
| (Josiah) I hope you are well, Mr. Morgans, and that you find business flourishing? | |
| (1, 0) 108 | It might be better. |
| (1, 0) 109 | It is up-hill work, Mr. Jones. |
| (1, 0) 110 | Opposition is so keen, and─and─so unfair. |
| (Josiah) It is the way of some people to set their failures down to the evil ways of others, and not to their own shortcomings. | |
| (1, 0) 116 | I am ready to work my hands off, but what is the use? |
| (1, 0) 117 | At every turn I am met by unscrupulous trickery─by men who cut the ground from under my feet, and snatch the fruits of my labour from me. |
| (Josiah) If you 'ould work as well as you do talk, you 'ould get on better. | |
| (Josiah) You ought to be in the ministry, telling people what to do, and not bothering to do it yourself. | |
| (1, 0) 120 | I know you don't believe in me─you don't give me credit for anything. |
| (1, 0) 121 | Indeed, I am trying my best, Mr. Jones. |
| (Nan) {Merrily.} | |
| (Nan) Oh!─Mr. Morgan─l didn't know you were here. | |
| (1, 0) 132 | I─I just dropt in to see Merlin. |
| (Josiah) Anne, my girl, you had better go in. | |
| (1, 0) 163 | Yes─of course─how much does he want? |
| (Nan) You have said something now. | |
| (1, 0) 168 | If I have, the fault is yours─{whispers}─your eyes bewitch me. |
| (1, 0) 169 | Josian |
| (1, 0) 171 | I'm afraid there's more than one poet in the room, Mr. Morgans. |
| (Nan) {With a mischievous glance at Morgan and Merlin.} | |
| (Josiah) That is how it is─you understand? | |
| (1, 0) 199 | The sentiment does you honour, sir. |
| (1, 0) 200 | Merlin is a favourite with everybody, and, if anything happened to him, there wouldn't be one in the parish without a tear for him. |
| (Josiah) Yes─yes─and you can't go against the public feeling. | |
| (Josiah) Bad, as usual, I suppose? | |
| (1, 0) 208 | I am beginning to hope that my luck has turned. |
| (Josiah) Turn your money, did you, with the new moon? | |
| (Josiah) May I ask you the nature of it? | |
| (1, 0) 214 | It is kind of you to interest yourself in my affairs. |
| (1, 0) 215 | The truth is, I am about to buy more suitable premises for my business. |
| (Josiah) {Quickly.} | |
| (Josiah) It will grieve me very much if it is. | |
| (1, 0) 219 | I hope not, I am sure. |
| (1, 0) 220 | If you want it, I shall have to go to the wall. |
| (1, 0) 221 | Will you tell me where the place you want is? |
| (Josiah) {Imsinuatingly.} | |
| (Josiah) {Smiles pleasantly.} | |
| (1, 0) 226 | It is in Market Square─near the Bank. |
| (Josiah) Dear me, that is very unlucky. | |
| (1, 0) 230 | Always my luck! |
| (Josiah) Come you, don't be downhearted. | |
| (Josiah) If you want it very bad, give me £50, and I'll leave it to you. | |
| (1, 0) 233 | Good gracious, Mr. Jones, I haven't got it. |
| (1, 0) 234 | It has taken me years to save enough to buy the house, and I must give it up if you are going to bid against me. |
| (Josiah) Ah, my young friend, you don't understand business. | |
| (Josiah) The house is good security. | |
| (1, 0) 240 | You are very kind. |
| (1, 0) 241 | I will accept the loan with gratitude. |
| (Josiah) These are bad times, Mr. Morgans, and money is hard to get. | |
| (Josiah) Shall we say 6 per cent? | |
| (1, 0) 244 | I am in your hands. |
| (1, 0) 245 | You see, sir, with these offices I shall be more in the eye of the public, and shall soon increase my business, and pay back the loan. |
| (1, 0) 246 | I have been too poor to make any sort of a show, but now things will be different; and if they turn out as I expect {eagerly} I hope you won't give me the same answer as you did last time─when─when─I─spoke to you about Nan. |
| (Josiah) {Playfully.} | |
| (1, 0) 250 | I beg your pardon, sir, I ought not to have called her Nan. |
| (Josiah) That is twice you have done the same thing in less than a minute. | |
| (Josiah) You are very forgetful, Mr. Morgans, and a good memory a business man is bound to have, if he is going to climb the ladder to the top. | |
| (1, 0) 253 | I won't offend again. |
| (1, 0) 254 | But I am very fond of Nan {confused}─Miss Jones, I should say. |
| (1, 0) 255 | If it was a matter of business, I should remember better. |
| (Josiah) But it is a matter of business, and I tell you now what I told you before─ | |
| (Josiah) When you can make £50 in five minutes, the same as I have done, you can ask me for my daughter, and I won't say "No." | |
| (1, 0) 258 | But─ |
| (Josiah) Not another word, if you please. | |
| (1, 0) 266 | I believe he's done me! |
| (Nan) {Runs up to him, puts her hand on his arm.} | |
| (1, 0) 270 | It's all up, Nan. |
| (1, 0) 271 | It's no use fighting any longer. |
| (1, 0) 272 | Your father is dead against me. |
| (1, 0) 273 | He has been my enemy all through, just because I love you. |
| (Nan) What has he been saying, now? | |
| (Nan) What has he been saying, now? | |
| (1, 0) 275 | Oh, the old story. |
| (1, 0) 276 | I am only a fool to be plucked by the rooks─not fit for the responsibilities of a home. |
| (Nan) He didn't say that? | |
| (1, 0) 279 | No, but he meant it. |
| (1, 0) 280 | He made an impossible condition─just to have the pleasure of laughing at me. |
| (Nan) {Earnestly.} | |
| (Nan) Success in business is everything to him, and he only meant to encourage you─I am sure. | |
| (1, 0) 284 | How am I to get £50 in five minutes? |
| (Nan) {Opening her eyes wide with astonishment.} | |
| (Nan) There is nothing he can't do─nothing he won't do for me. | |
| (1, 0) 301 | And would it please you very much, Nan {looking into her eyes} if─if─we could somehow─if Merlin could help us to win your father's consent? |
| (Nan) {In a low voice.} | |
| (1, 0) 305 | Then nothing matters! |
| (1, 0) 306 | We'll find a way. |
| (1, 0) 316 | Tell him, if you like. |
| (1, 0) 317 | As long as Nan cares for me, I don't care a rap─ |
| (Merlin) "Rap," indeed! | |
| (Merlin) All the same, Josiah Jones have done you fine this time. | |
| (1, 0) 322 | How do you know? |
| (Merlin) {Holding up inky fingers.} | |
| (1, 0) 331 | He did. |
| (Merlin) Shame─shame! | |
| (1, 0) 335 | No─I didn't. |
| (Merlin) All right, my boy─don't trouble any more about it. | |
| (Merlin) He can't get a ha'penny out of you. | |
| (1, 0) 338 | But I can't go back on my word. |
| (Merlin) You can't go straight with a man like that. | |
| (Merlin) But there, she is like me─like my sister Jane, her mother, I mean. | |
| (1, 0) 343 | Don't talk about her, Merlin. |
| (1, 0) 344 | You make me mad! |
| (1, 0) 345 | He will always stand between us. |
| (Merlin) He 'ould let you have her to-morrow, and make a partner of you─if─ | |
| (1, 0) 348 | I know─if I would do his dirty work for him. |
| (1, 0) 349 | I'll never do it─never! never! |
| (Merlin) {Pats him on the back with an approving smile.} | |
| (Merlin) Do you want to break her heart? | |
| (1, 0) 356 | No, I don't. |
| (1, 0) 357 | You know I would do anything for her─short of soiling my hands. |