Richard challenges Robert's moral integrity regarding a bizarre inheritance that requires a name change to the ridiculous 'Wurzel-Flummery'. Through a series of hypothetical questions, Richard exposes Robert's hypocrisy in justifying the acceptance of the money as a 'sacred duty' rather than simple greed.
RICHARD: I can tell you something else that Shakespeare— William Shakespeare—said. Who steals my purse with fifty thousand in it—steals trash. Trash, Robert: But he who filches from me my good name of Crawshaw and substitutes the rotten one of Wurzel—
CRAWSHAW: As a matter of fact, Wurzel-Flummery i
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