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Excerpt from Deaf as a Post: A Farce, in One Act Scene I. - Two doors in F. - A public room of the Bell Inn - Bar on R. - In centre a table, at which Old Walton and Sappy are playing whist - Waiters crossing stage in front in great bustle. Bells ringing R. and L. Enter Mrs. Plumply, L. Mrs. P. Why John - William - Gregory every waiter in attendance, and nobody to come near me, but Sally Mags the chambermaid. [Exit into Bar, R. Wal. The noise has put me out - We'll have done with cards. Sap. And I was nine - That's the way you always serve me, when I'm near winning, and I don't like it.' Wal. [Rising.] Tristram, the merest trifle puts you out of temper. You are soon to marry my daughter Sophy, and it's my duty to tell you. Sap. It isn't your duty to tease a young man who is his own master, and I've no notion of being teased. I wish she and t'other young lady would come, tho' - It's getting late, and I don't like it. Wal. They can't arrive before the coach comes in. Your impatience is natural enough though, you rogue! Sap. Natural! to be sure it is natural - supper is ordered for ten o'clock; and if they don't come in time, it will be done to rags. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.