Carramba! go! (Pushes HOP SING to wing.)
Hop Sing (expostulating). Flowty dozen, hep, John! twenty dollar,
John. Sabe. Flowty--twenty--(gesticulating with fingers).
[Exit HOP SING, pushed off by CONCHO.
Concho. The pagan dolt! But he is important. Ah, if he were
wiser, I should not rid myself of him so quickly! And now for the
schoolmistress,--the sweetheart of Sandy. If these men have not
lied, he is in love with her; and, if he is, he has told her his
secret before now; and she will be swift to urge him to his rights.
If he has not told her--umph! (laughing) it will not be a DAY--an
HOUR--before she will find out if her lover is Alexander Morton,
the rich man's son, or "Sandy," the unknown vagabond. Eh, friend
Sandy! It was a woman that locked up your secret: it shall be a
woman, Madre di Dios! who shall unlock it. Ha! (Goes to door of
schoolhouse as door opens, and appears COL. STARBOTTLE.)
Concho (aside). A thousand devils! the lawyer of the old man
Morton. (Aloud.) Pardon, pardon! I am a stranger. I have lost
my way on the mountain. I am seeking a trail. Senor, pardon!
Starbottle (aside). Another man seeking the road! Ged, I believe
he's lying too. (Aloud.) It is before you, sir, DOWN,--down the
mountain.
Concho. A thousand thanks, senor. (Aside.) Perdition catch him!
(Aloud.) Thanks, senor. [Exit R.
Starbottle. Ged, I've seen that face before.
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