Mrs M Au revoir. [Exit with Augusta, R.] Asa No, thank you, don't take any before dinner. No use their talking Dutch to me. Wal, I never see an old gal stand fire like that, she's a real old bison bull. I feel all-fired tuckered out riding in those keers. I'd like to have a snooze if I could find a place to lay down in. [Sees curtain on window, L. E.] Oh, this might do! [Pulls curtain, then starts back.] No you don't! One shower bath a day is enough for me. [Cautiously opens them.] No, I guess this is all right, I shall be just as snug in here as in a pew at meeting, or a private box at the Theatre. Hello! somebody's coming. [Goes into recess.] Enter Dundreary and Buddicombe, L. 1 E. Bud My lord-- Dun [Business.] Bud My lord! Dun [Business.] Bud Your lordship!! [Louder.] Dun There, now you've spoiled it. Bud Spoiled what, my lord? Dun Spoiled what, my lord; why, a most magnificent sneeze! Bud I am very sorry, my lord. Dun Now that I can speak alone with you, tell me about that hair dye. Have you found it? Bud Not a trace of it, my lord. Dun If you don't find it, I'll discharge you. Bud Very well, my lord. [Bows and exits, L. 1 E.] Dun Very well, my lord! He's gone and lost my hair dye, and my hair turns red to-morrow, and when I ask him to find it for me or I'll discharge him, he says, ``Very well, my lord.'' He's positively idiotic, he is-- Ah! here comes Miss Georgina, that gorgeous creature--that lovely sufferer. [Exit, L. 1 E.] Asa [Looking out.] What's the price of hair dye? Hallo! he's coming again with that sick girl. Re-enter Dundreary and Georgina, L. 1 E. Dun Will you try and strengthen your limbs with a gentle walk in the garden? Georgina No, thank you, my lord. I'm so delicate. Oh, my lord, it is so painful to walk languidly through life, to be unable, at times, to bear the perfumes of one's favorite flowers. Even those violets you sent me yesterday I was compelled to have removed from my room, the perfume was too strong for me. I'm _so_ delicate. Dun Yes, Miss Georgina; but they're very strengthening flowers, you know. Geo Yes, my lord, you are always right. Dun Do you know I'm getting to be very robust? Geo Would I could share that fault with you; but I am so delicate. Dun If you were robust I should not love you as I do. It would deprive you of that charm which enchains me to your lovely side, which--which-- Geo Oh, my lord, my lord! I'm going to faint. Dun And I'm going to sneeze, you faint while I sneeze. Geo [Taking his arm.] Oh! my lord. Dun Do you know what a sneeze is? Geo No, my lord. Dun She never sneezed. I'll tell you what a sneeze is. Imagine a very large spider. Geo [Screams.] Where, my lord? Dun No, no, I don't mean a real spider, only an imaginary one, a large spider getting up your nose, and all of a sudden, much to his disgust, he discovers he has put his foot in it and can't get it out again. Geo That must be very distressing.