THE EQUINOX DANIEL. In a dark little street off the Axelstrade. HERMANN. Hillo-ho! DANIEL. Masked. HERMANN. Whew! DANIEL. Jee! Armed. HERMANN. Armed! DANIEL. To the teeth. HERMANN. Whew. DANIEL. With a led horse. HERMANN. He! He! DANIEL. And we stopped the carriage of pretty
Nerissa Waldlstern, and kidnapped her—What d'ye think o' that? HERMANN. Ye gay young devils! Well, I've done as much myself in my day. DANIEL. So we dragged her off screaming, and have been keeping out of the way ever since. Oh! I tell you she was a tigress; but he made her love him, somehow. So we're coming back into society. A month's hunting at the Lodge here, for the first step. [Enter GRIZEL with the beer. They all drink. HERMANN. And what does the Princess say to it? DANIEL. Haven't heard. But I suppose she's about crazy mad. GRIZEL. So she might be, with her waster of a husband. HERMANN. Oh! he's a good Prince. But perhaps his wife's a Tartar like some I know! DANIEL. Here, none of your insolence to their Highnesses! Thanks, goodman, I'll be off. Hurry up to the lodge with those logs! [Goes off. 190