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CLAY
(Aside.)And bring on Cholera. I begin to feel it in my vitals now.
(Aloud.)
I'm glad you told me Colonel.
(In evident discomfort.)
[I—I—am] very grateful.
SELLERS
Don't mention it [my boy. You are like one of the family, I could have kept it from you, but I couldn't. Have another glass of water, the more water you can drink, the more turnips you can eat.] The water absorbs the turnips. Give your appetite full swing, you'll feel like a fighting cock tomorrow.
CLAY
(Desponding and aside.)I feel as if I had swallowed an unappeasable wildcat.
(MESSENGER enters with a letter.)
[MESSENGER
Colonel, here is a letter for you.
(Hands him letter and exits.] SELLERS glances
at the superscription & rises with a flourish.)SELLERS
Polly, that's from Dilworthy. I'll wager you a corner lot in the heart of Napoleon that the appropriation's passed.
MRS. SELLERS
Open it, [Colonel], open it.
SELLERS
Will you excuse me, Clay?
CLAY
Certainly Colonel.
SELLERS
(Opens letter [and reads].)"Rejoice with me my friend, Providence has crowned our effort with success." What did I tell you? Splendid man is Dilworthy, would that our country had more statesmen like Dilworthy.
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