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 Very good—then let the agonies commence.

Oh! Oh! Don't do that! I can't stand it!

Painful, isn't it? It gets worse by degrees.

Oh—Oh! Stop a bit! Stop it, will you? I want to speak.

Better?

Yes—better now! Whew!

Well, do you consent?

But it's such an ungentlemanly thing to do!

As you please. [To Ghosts.] Carry on!

Stop—I can't stand it! I agree! I promise! It shall be done.

To-day?

To-day!

At once?

At once! I retract! I apologize! I had no idea it was anything like that!

He yields! He answers to our call!
 * We do not ask for more.

A sturdy fellow, after all,
 * This latest Ruddigore!

All perish in unheard of woe
 * Who dare our wills defy;

We want your pardon, ere we go, For having agonized you so—
 * So pardon us—
 * So pardon us—
 * So pardon us—
 * Or die!
 * I pardon you!
 * I pardon you!
 * He pardons us—
 * Hurrah!