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BOX AND COX.
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Cox. I'm ready, sir! [They seat themselves at opposite sides of the table.] Will you lead off, sir?
Box. As you please, sir. The lowest throw, of course, wins Penelope Ann?
Cox. Of course, sir.
Box. Very well, sir!
Cox. Very well, sir!
Box. [Rattling dice and throwing.] Sixes!
Cox. That's not a bad throw of yours, sir. [Rattling dice—throws.] Sixes!
Box. That's a pretty good one of your's, sir. [Throws.] Sixes!
Cox. [Throws.] Sixes!
Box. Sixes!
Cox. Sixes!
Box. Sixes!
Cox. Sixes!
Box. Those are not bad dice of yours, sir.
Cox. Your's seem pretty good ones, sir.
Box. Suppose we change?
Cox. Very well, sir.[They change dice.
Box. [Throwing.] Sixes!
Cox. Sixes!
Box. Sixes!
Cox. Sixes!
Box. [Flings down the dice!] Pooh! It's perfectly absurd, your going on throwing sixes in this sort of way, sir.
Cox. I shall go on till my luck changes, sir!
Box. Let's try something else. I have it! Suppose we toss for Penelope Ann?
Cox. The very thing I was going to propose![They each turn aside and take out a handful of money.
Box. [Aside, examining money.] Where's my tossing shilling? Here it is![Selecting coin.
Cox. [Aside, examining money.] Where's my lucky sixpence? I've got it!
Box. Now then, sir,—heads win?
Cox. Or tails lose—whichever you prefer.
Box. It's the same to me, sir.
Cox. Very well, sir. Heads, I win,—tails, you lose.
Box. Yes—[Suddenly]—no. Heads win, sir.
Cox. Very well—go on![They are standing opposite to each other.