[_ALICE advances and brings KNICKERBOCKER from the closet._] _Alice._ Gook, so g’wiss, ols noch doh! _Knick._ Yaw, olles os noch fun mer ivverich is, un ich insures os se mich in a hurry nimmy den wæg fonga, un now will ich mich aw grawd ous ’m shtawb maucha. [_Goes towards the door and returns in sudden alarm._] _Knick._ Hohls mich der bettle wann now net de Ripsy widder coom’d--un ich wase net wass tzu du! _Alice._ Sell is now all di eagny shuld--ferwass warsh’d so detarmined den owet tzu cooma? _Knick._ Un ich glawb net os ich si lava widder coom--for wann se mich doh ferwisht don gebt ’s aw widder amohl orrick doonkler shmoke in der kich! _Alice._ ’S is now yusht ea plan for era ous ’m waig tzu cooma, un sell is, du now seller olt pedler fraw era claider aw shlippa--doh sin se, un ich insures os du kæ difficulty finnsht for ous ’m house tzu cooma. _Knick._ Nay, un aw mit ’m ’a bookle ful shlaig in der barya--awer ich geb nix um sell. [_KNICKERBOCKER sits in arm chair and is attired by ALICE in woman’s dress; on rising, the petticoats but reach his knees._] _Knick._ De unnerclaider sin awer beim bettle tzu kortz--net holwer long ganunk! _Alice._ Der arricksht troovel is os di bæ evva tzu long sin--sell is whats der matter mit der. Du musht dich evva bigga--un sawg aw nix, mitout du musht shwetza, for wann ’d ’s maul net haltsht don ferluss dich druf os ’d aw ous g’foona wærsht. [_He again sits._] _DAME enters, D. F._ _Dame._ Well, doh bin ich widder tzurick un ich sæ der Van Slaus is faurt. Un wo is seller lodle, der Rip? Widder drous ommanot. Un wær is sell os dort in sellam shtool huckt? _Alice._ Sell is de olt pedler fraw--se is cooma for era sauch os se doh g’lust hut. _Dame._ De pedler fraw! Now, yusht ob mit der--ous ’m house mit all deim dreck. _Knick._ (_Aside._) Yaw, wann ich yusht amohl safe drous wær! [_KNICKERBOCKER rises, hobbles forward, R.; but forgetting the shortness of the petticoats, in curtseying, is discovered by the DAME, from the exposure of his legs._ _Dame._ Shweffle un solpater! Wær husht now doh? ’N humbug--’n pedler fraw mit so bæ we selly! (_She rushes up to door and locks it--then with a broom, L. U. E., pursues him round--he flings bonnet in her face._ _Knick._ Wann der deifel hinner ame is mus mer sich waira--un doh gaits. [_He jumps through the window, which is dashed to pieces, he disappears.--DAME rushes up, with broom, toward window.--ALICE laughs._ _Dame._ Un du lauchsht mich noch ous, du shlomp du! Anes is yusht so shlecht os ’s onner. All du’n mich yusht abusa un uf mich imposa--un now ob mit der, grawd nuf un ins bet. [_DAME drives ALICE off, and follows, R.--Scene closes._ SCENE IV.--_Half dark.--A front wood.--The report of a gun is heard--shortly after, RIP enters, with his fowling piece, L. H._