Part 2 (1/2)
_P_ (Stopping again) ”Oh, you April fool!”
_S_ ”April fool? No, Mr Punch, I'm not an April fool This isn't the first of April”
_P_ ”Isn't it? Well, salt it down till next year”
_S_ ”Salt it down till next year? No, thankee, Mr Punch Guess you'll want it for your own use”
_P_ ”Mr Showman!”
_S_ ”Well, Mr Punch?”
_P_ ”Have you seen my wife?”
_S_ ”Seen your wife? No, Mr Punch”
_P_ ”She's such a pretty creature!”
_S_ ”Such a pretty creature, eh? Well, I'd like to be introduced”
_P_ ”She's such a beauty! She's got a nose just likehis snout with his little hand)
_S_ ”Got a nose just like yours, eh? Well, then, she must be a beauty”
_P_ ”She's not quite so beautiful as h”
_S_ ”Not so beautiful as you? No, of course not, Mr Punch; we couldn't expect that”
_P_ ”You're a very nice lad you like me, Mr Punch”
_P_ ”Shall I call my wife?”
_S_ ”Yes, by allloudly) ”Judy! Judy, my dear! Judy! come up-stairs!”
Judy nowat her for a few , he exclai to the audience, he asks earnestly: ”Isn't she a beauty?” He now turns to Judy and asks her for a kiss; they approach and hug each other in a prolonged e sound expressive of rapture This is repeated several times, interspersed with the remarks of Mr Punch on the beauty of his spouse; after which, at Mr _P_'s suggestion, the couple dance together to livelytones of Mr
_P_'s voice; the perforainst the door of the theatre exhausted and delighted, and giving vent to a prolonged chuckle of gratification
Punch now turns to the Showman and asks hi in the negative, Punch extols the beauty of his offspring in the saant strain as he has already done that of his wife, makes the same comparison between his own and the Baby's nose, declares that the Baby never cries, and that she is ”_so fond of hiht up-stairs, and Judy disappears to obey her lord'sher absence Punch favors the co the infant Punch in her aroes into raptures, calls it a pretty creature, pats its cheek, and goes through all the little endearing cere the Showman that his Baby never cries, and is fondly attached to him, he takes the infant in his arms, whereupon she immediately sets up a continuous howl Punch tries to hush and pacify it for so his temper, shakes it violently and throws it out of the , or in other words, at the feet of the audience Judy is of course distracted, weeps bitterly, and upbraids her husband, when the enraged Mr Punch dives down-stairs and gets his club, and whilst Mrs P is still weeping, gives her three or four sound blows on the back of the head This makes Mrs P cry still more, which, in turn, increases Mr P's wrath, who ends by beating her to death and throwing her after the Baby The Showman upbraids Punch with his criht However, he finally admits that he is naturally a little hasty, but then he adds, ”It's over in a minute,” and that's the kind of disposition he likes He further adds:
_P_ ”I'm a proud, sensitive nature”
_S_ ”You're a proud, sensitive nature, are you, Mr Punch? I don't seea baby”