COLFORD. [To DE LEVIS] You may think yourself damned lucky if he doesn't
break your neck.
He goes out. The three who are left with DE LEVIS avert their eyes
from him.
DE LEVIS. [Smouldering] I have a memory, and a sting too. Yes, my
lord--since you are good enough to call me venomous. [To CANYNGE] I
quite understand--I'm marked for Coventry now, whatever happens. Well,
I'll take Dancy with me.
ST ERTH. [To himself] This Club has always had a decent, quiet name.
WINSOR. Are you going to retract, and apologise in front of Dancy and
the members who heard you?
DE LEVIS. No fear!
ST ERTH. You must be a very rich man, sir. A jury is likely to take the
view that money can hardly compensate for an accusation of that sort.
DE LEVIS stands silent. CANYNGE. Courts of law require proof.
ST ERTH. He can make it a criminal action.
WINSOR. Unless you stop this at once, you may find yourself in prison.
If you can stop it, that is.
ST ERTH. If I were young Dancy, nothing should induce me.
DE LEVIS. But you didn't steal my money, Lord St Erth.
ST ERTH. You're deuced positive, sir. So far as I could understand it,
there were a dozen ways you could have been robbed.
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