Bin Good gracious, he'd look like Hadam and Heve, in the garden of Eden. [Exit Binny.] Asa Wal, there's a queer lot of fixings. [Sees shower bath.] What on airth is that? Looks like a 'skeeter net, only it 'ain't long enough for a feller to lay down in unless he was to coil himself up like a woodchuck in a knot hole. I'd just like to know what the all-fired thing is meant for. [Calls.] Say Puffy, Puffy, Oh! he told me if I wanted him to ring the bell. [Looks round room.] Where on airth is the bell? [Slips partly inside shower bath, pulls rope, water comes down.] Murder! help! fire! Water! I'm drown. Enter Skillet, Sharpe, R. 1 E. Binny, Buddicombe, L. 1 E., seeing Asa, all laugh, and keep it up till curtain falls. CURTAIN. ACT II Scene 1.--Oriel Chamber in one. Enter Mrs. Mountchessington and Augusta, L. 1 E., dressed for Archery Meeting. Mrs M No, my dear Augusta, you must be very careful. I don't by any means want you to give up De Boots, his expectations are excellent, but, pray be attentive to this American savage, as I rather think he will prove the better match of the two, if what I hear of Mark Trenchard's property be correct. Aug [Disdainfully.] Yes, ma. Mrs M And look more cheerful, my love. Aug I am so tired, ma, of admiring things I hate. Mrs. M Yes, my poor love, yet we must all make sacrifices to society. Look at your poor sister, with the appetite. Aug What am I to be enthusiastic about with that American, Ma? Mrs M Oh! I hardly know yet, my dear. We must study him. I think if you read up Sam Slick a little, it might be useful, and just dip into Bancroft's History of the United States, or some of Russell's Letters; you should know something of George Washington, of whom the Americans are justly proud. Aug Here he comes, ma. What a ridiculous figure he looks in that dress, ha! ha! Mrs M Hush, my dear! Enter Asa, in Archery Dress. Aug Oh, Mr. Trenchard, why did you not bring me one of those lovely Indian's dresses of your boundless prairie? Mrs M Yes, one of those dresses in which you hunt the buffalo. Aug [Extravagantly.] Yes, in which you hunt the buffalo. Asa [Imitating.] In which I hunt the buffalo. [Aside.] Buffaloes down in Vermont. [Aloud.] Wal, you see, them dresses are principally the nateral skin, tipped off with paint, and the indians object to parting with them. Both Ahem! ahem! Asa The first buffalo I see about here I shall hunt up for you. Mrs M Oh, you Americans are so clever, and so acute. Aug Yes, so 'cute. Asa Yes, we're 'cute, we are; know soft solder when we see it. Aug [Aside.] Ma, I do believe he's laughing at us. Mrs M Oh, no, my dear, you are mistaken. Oh! I perceive they are appearing for the archery practice. I suppose we shall see you on the ground, Mr. Trenchard. Asa Yes, I'll be there like a thousand of brick. Aug A thousand of brick! Mrs M Hush, my dear! that is doubtless some elegant American expression. Au revoir, Mr. Trenchard. Asa Which?