figure
the old prince
the prince
also: Prince, the little old man
An unnamed elderly gentleman, a stock comic seducer type ('a mousy young stud' in the Gogolian mold), who kisses a sleeping young lady's hand and talks her into believing he is only a dream.
Reading notes
- A Goat, or a Scoundrel? §2 little old man
The sketch's unnamed elderly seducer, addressed later as 'Prince'; a stock comic type of the aging skirt-chaser.