is dead and therein fail not at your peril or may the Lord have mercy on your soul. Remove him. (A black skullcap descends upon his head.)
long john fanning
Scowls and calls with rich rolling utterance.) Who’ll hang Judas Iscariot?
rumbold
(To the recorder with sinister familiarity.) Hanging Harry, your Majesty, the Mersey terror. Five guineas a jugular. Neck or nothing.
the bells
Heigho! Heigho!
bloom
(Desperately.) Wait. Stop. Gulls. Good heart. I saw. Innocence. Girl in the monkeyhouse. Zoo. Lewd chimpanzees. (Breathlessly.) Pelvic basin. Her artless blush unmanned me. (Overcome with emotion.) I left the precincts. (He turns to a figure in the crowd, appealing.) Hynes, may I speak to you? You know me. That three shillings you can keep. If you want a little more...
hynes
(Coldly.) You are a perfect stranger.
second watch
(Points to the corner.) The bomb is here.
first watch
Infernal machine with a time fuse.