And you wouldn't believe how hard it is to get caught when you're
actually trying to. I have knocked over all the chairs in a room
without a soul paying any attention to me. In the end I have had
to walk out and leave the job.
RANDALL. When that happens, do you put back the spoons and
diamonds?
THE BURGLAR. Well, I don't fly in the face of Providence, if
that's what you want to know.
CAPTAIN SHOTOVER. Guinness, you remember this man?
GUINNESS. I should think I do, seeing I was married to him, the
blackguard!
HESIONE } [exclaiming { Married to him!
LADY UTTERWORD } together] { Guinness!!
THE BURGLAR. It wasn't legal. I've been married to no end of
women. No use coming that over me.
CAPTAIN SHOTOVER. Take him to the forecastle [he flings him to
the door with a strength beyond his years].
GUINNESS. I suppose you mean the kitchen. They won't have him
there. Do you expect servants to keep company with thieves and
all sorts?
CAPTAIN SHOTOVER. Land-thieves and water-thieves are the same
flesh and blood. I'll have no boatswain on my quarter-deck. Off
with you both.
THE BURGLAR. Yes, Captain. [He goes out humbly].
MAZZINI. Will it be safe to have him in the house like that?
GUINNESS. Why didn't you shoot him, sir? If I'd known who he was,
I'd have shot him myself.
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