I'll seek
another time to be angry. I haven't got a hundred pounds, but here are
sixty.
(To Spruce)
Give it to him, to calm him.
(Aside)
Ah, if I were not in line for this sixty thousand pounds, I would die
fighting, before I gave him a farthing. He looks formidable, though.
It would be quite a skirmish.
Spruce
Here's more than half your debt, sir. Tomorrow, you will have the
entire amount.
McNaughten
I want it clearly understood, that I protest, I do not owe you a
penny. I am paying you, only because you insist that I do.
Squire (taking the purse)
Goodday, sir, goodday. I see your soul. You spoke of honor to me, but
this proves the contrary. Never come near me again. No more of this
business. My nobility would be degraded in the presence of a coward
like you.
(Exit Squire)
McNaughten
Ha, has he got a nerve, to talk like that? Where am I? In what
country? Can this be England? What a race of perjurers. Men, women,
squires, merchants, customs officers, Welshmen. They all seem united
in an effort to enrage me. I don't know one of them, and they all
pretend to be my best friend come to surprise me. Let's go to
Torrington and get out of this frightful situation.
(McNaughten starts to leave)
Spruce (running after him and catching him)
Don't you want me to escort you to him?
McNaughten
I have no further need of your help.
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