After all, they seem a harmless set, and there can be no argument with them, for they appear to be all dumbies.—[Lord were my wife](128) as silent. They’re a deadly, lively, jolly set; but I wonder what kind of spirits dese spirits are [drinking!](129) Surely, dere can be no harm in taking a drop along mit dem.—[_Fills a flagon._]—Here goes!—Gentlemen, here’s your [go-to-hells,](130) and your [broad chopped](131) family’s, and may you all live long and prosper. [_Drinks._] OMNES. Ha, ha, ha! _Music.—A grotesque dance ensues, during which_ RIP _continues to supply himself from the keg.—He at length joins in the dance, and becomes so exhausted, that he reels forward and sinks in front. The dancing ceases, the_ SPIRITS _utter three "ho, ho, ho’s!"—[Some of them sink.]_(132) END OF ACT I. *Footnotes* 122 Not in K. 123 In K., reads, “_at Dutch pins—the majority seated on a rock drinking and smoking—thunder reverberates each time a bowl is delivered_.” 124 “ICHEN” in K.; also “sprite.” 125 Not in K. 126 “_The_ IMP” in K. 127 “Frau” in K. 128 In K., “if mein wife vere” 129 “trinking” in K. 130 “goot-hells” in K. 131 Not in K. Instead, “Your family’s goot-hells.” 132 In K., the stage directions end, “_Moon very bright. Tableau._” ACT II. SCENE I. _The last of the First Act repeated; but the distance now presents a richly cultivated country.—The bramble is grown into a lofty tree, and all that remains of_ RIP’S _gun is its rusty barrel, which is at the foot of the tree._ _Bird Music._—RIP _discovered extended on the ground, asleep; his hair grey, and beard grown to an unusual length.—The hour of __ the scene is gray dawn and birds from sky and hill are chirping._(133) RIP.