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f.a.n.n.y.
Look innocent.
Sit down. Pretend you're very much in love.
You on the rock. I on the Neptune's head.
[_Speaking to the stone head_.]
May I sit down, good Neptune?
THE STONE HEAD.
If you like.
Only I warn you, it's all over ants.
f.a.n.n.y.
Lord! Neptune's talking!
THE DUKE.
[_Understanding and remembering._]
Ah! beneath the ivy!
FLAMBEAU.
The entrance to my cavern through an ant-heap.
THE DUKE.
You! Flambeau!
FLAMBEAU.
In the cave of Rob--
MASKS.
Ho hi!
f.a.n.n.y.
Hus.h.!.+ Masks!
MASKS.
Oh, very funny!
[_They pa.s.s out._]
FLAMBEAU.
--inson Crusoe!
THE DUKE.
What! Since last night?
FLAMBEAU.
Oh, yes; I smoke my pipe--
THE DUKE.
There in the hole?
FLAMBEAU.
You copied from the beggar Who first invented bearskins, so they say, And had a funny Mameluke called Friday.
THE DUKE.
I cannot find the spot.
FLAMBEAU.
It's on the right.
Here, where I blow a cloud out of my pipe.
f.a.n.n.y.
The small Vesuvius!
THE DUKE.
You must be--
FLAMBEAU.
Uncomfortable.
But then--I said you'd find me at the ball.
f.a.n.n.y.
If they should catch us talking to a smoke!
FLAMBEAU.
Ouch!