Chapter 81

_To there_, _the_ ROYAL DUKE, _C._; _then_, _immediately_, ANTHONY, _L._ FENWICK _crosses to_ MISS FOSTER, _R._ AUSTIN _accosts the_ DUKE, _C._, _in dumb show_; _the muted strings take up a new air_, _Mozart’s_ ‘_Anglaise_’; _couples passing under the limes_, _and forming a group behind_ AUSTIN _and the_ DUKE. ANTHONY _in front_, _L._, _watches_ AUSTIN, _who_, _as he turns from the_ DUKE, _sees him_, _and comes forward with extended hand_

AUSTIN. Dear child, let me present you to his Royal Highness.

ANTHONY (_with necklace_). Mr. Austin, do you recognise the bribe you gave my sister’s maid?

AUSTIN. Hush, sir, hush! you forget the presence of the Duke.

ANTHONY. Mr. Austin, you are a coward and a scoundrel.

AUSTIN. My child, you will regret these words: I refuse your quarrel.

ANTHONY. You do? Take that. (_He strikes_ AUSTIN _on the mouth_. _At the moment of the blow_—)