The flower
girl is worried because she believes that the man with the notebook is a police
informer.
In the play, the gentleman cannot buy a flower from the flower
girl because he does not have enough change. Instead, he gives her what he has, which is three
halfpence. Meanwhile, a bystander warns the flower girl that a police informer may be nearby
taking notes about her behavior and actions. The bystander tells the flower girl to give the
gentleman a flower in exchange for the three halfpence; he implies that she could go to prison
for appearing to solicit money from respectable men.
The flower girl becomes
hysterical upon hearing the bystander's warning. She demands to know what the man with the
notebook has written about her. Meanwhile, the gentleman proclaims that the flower girl has done
no harm and that she has certainly not accosted him in any way. He tells the notetaker to mind
his own business. For his part, the notetaker denies that he is a police informer. During the
exchange, he periodically tells the flower girl to cease her hysterics.
The
flower girl becomes worried when she sees the man with the notebook because she fears that he is
a police informer. There is also the implication (from the bystander's words) that the flower
girl could be seen as soliciting money for sexual favors if she failed to hand over a flower to
the gentleman who gave her the three halfpence.
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