AUG. Now, once and for all you are not going to pay---- ALPH. (_Aside._) No, I'm not. (_Aloud._) But I insist! AUG. Once for all you can't pay. ALPH. (_Aside._) No, I'm ---- if I can. (_Aloud._) Well, if you insist upon it, I suppose I must give in. AUG. Now, there's a sensible fellow. You can pay next time, see? ALPH. Oh, yes! AUG. A little supper, eh, at the Café Royal? ALPH. (_Aside._) Yes, two of eels and a ha'poth of bread. (_Aloud._) Certainly, old boy. AUG. We'll make a little party--two nice girls, eh? What do you think of a little fricassée de poulet et pommes de terres frites? ALPH. No, I don't think so; but I never go in for politics. AUG. You funny fellow, you will have your little joke! But I'll go and order these drinks. What shall it be--Moët? ALPH. Yes, the more the merrier. AUG. (_Going towards pavilion, calling._) Waiter--waiter! [_Exit into refreshment-room._ ALPH. My word, what a dude he is! It's a wonder he ain't _subdude_ sometimes, don't you know. But it must be near my girl's time. (_Looks at watch._) She ought to have been here now. I hope she don't meet that girl I have been dancing with. I must be above those things before her. What the eye don't see the ear can't see either. Hallo, I do believe I see a female figure. No, it ain't her! I wish when she comes, I had the courage to propose to her. I've got the ring and everything ready. A nice ring--six carat. I must get a couple of pen'oth of whiskers--I mean whiskey--and some four ale down me to back me up like. That's a good idea. I'll just try a little drop now on account. [_Exit into refreshment-room._ _Enter HANDSAW, R. 1 E._ HAND. Well, up to the present I haven't seen any suspicious-looking characters round here! I've been sent down here because there's been some daring robberies of antique sculpture, and one among 'em is a genuine antique of Venus, worth thousands of pounds; and it's been hidden away in some public gardens and palmed on to the manager as merely plaster, and took a trifle for it, so that when the coast was clear they'd be able to come for it again, and take it abroad. A very clever idea! But I'll find out where this figure is. It is in some public gardens. (_Looks at figures._) I don't suppose it's among those; but I'll wait a bit. Why, blow me, here's one covered up! (_Looks under cloth of C. figure._) My eye, what a beauty! What, if this should be the missing Venus. So soon! I'll hang about here anyhow. [_Strolls off, L. 1 E._ _Enter JANE, R. U. E._ JANE. I'm a little behind-hand to meet my Alphonzo. But better late than never. I said I would meet him by the refreshment-room. (_Looks in._) Why, there he is! I'll just go in and surprise him. [_Exit into refreshment-room._ _Enter HANDSAW, R. 1 E._