_Charles._ That's a point you must settle for yourself, Uncle, it's beyond me. But, as a dutiful nephew, don't you see, I'm bound to do all I can in the meantime to keep up the receipts for you, if I have to go to the Eldorado every evening and get all the fellows I know to go too. Mustn't let those shares go down, whether you hold on or sell, eh? _Mr. Toov._ (_horrified_). Don't make me an excuse for encouraging young men to waste precious time in idleness and folly. I won't allow it--it's abominable, Sir! You've put me in such a state of perplexity by all this, CHARLES, I--I hardly know where I am! Tell me, are you really going to the Eldorado this evening? _Charles._ I can't say; it depends on the other fellow. But I will if I can get him to go, for your sake. And I'm afraid I ought to go and change, Uncle, if you'll excuse me. Make yourself as comfortable as you can. Here's to-day's _Pink 'Un_, if you haven't seen it. _Mr. Toov._ I'm not in the habit of seeing such periodicals, Sir. And I must be going. Oh, by the bye, your Aunt wished me to ask you to come down and dine and sleep on Monday next. THEA will be back, and I believe Mr. CURPHEW has got a free evening for once. Shall I tell her you will come, CHARLES? _Charles._ Thanks; I'll come with pleasure. But, I say, Aunt doesn't want to give me another lecture, I hope? After all, she can't say much if you've told her about those shares, as I suppose you have. _Mr. Toov._ N--not yet, CHARLES. I have not found a convenient opportunity. There, I can't stay--good-bye, my boy. [_He takes his leave._ END OF SCENE IX. SCENE X.--_In the Street._ _Mr. Toovey_ (_to himself_). I'm afraid CHARLES has lost every particle of respect for me. I wish I had never told him about those wretched shares. And what _am_ I to do now? If I go to this Eldorado place, he may be there too; and, if he sees me, I shall never hear the last of it! And yet my mind will never be easy unless I do go and see for myself what it really is like. That young CURPHEW expects me to go. But I don't know, I do so dread the idea of going--alone, too! I should like to ask somebody else what he thinks I ought to do--somebody who is a man of the world. I wonder if I went to see LARKINS--he won't be in his office so late as this, but I might catch him in his chambers. It was all through him I got into this difficulty; he ought to help me out of it if he can. I really think I might take a cab and drive to Piccadilly, on the chance. [_He hails a Hansom, and drives off._ END OF SCENE X. * * * * * CARR-ACTORS AT "THE COMEDY."