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Dan has a fondness for alcohol and is slightly more open when drunk.

At one point in the play a drunken Dan confides in Olivia about his true past and jokingly compliments her that she's the only woman he has ever told it to.

He goes on to describe his laborious and undignified life as a pageboy, becoming more and more furious as he does.

He finally breaks down in tears stating that nothing in the world troubles him except " a pair of eyes staring at "