_Inquirer._ Haven't I? How long ought I to have lived there? _First W. I. M._ (_vaguely_). Oh, it's something between three and four years. I can't tell you the exact number; they alter it every year. _Second W. I. M._ Who alter it? _First W. I. M._ The Revising Barristers, or somebody. _Second W. I. M._ Well, my brother-in-law's a Revising Barrister, and I never heard of him doing that. _First W. I. M._ (_sarcastic_). But you don't suppose he'd tell _you_ everything he does, do you? _Inquirer._ But I've lived in my house six years. _First W. I. M._ Ah! but aren't you a lodger? _Second W. I. M._ What's the odds if he is? My brother's a lodger, and I know he's got a vote. _First W. I. M._ But that's a different franchise altogether. _Second W. I. M._ How do you mean? They're both lodgers. _First W. I. M._ But they don't live in the same district. Perhaps they don't give him a latch-key. _Inquirer_ (_producing it_). Yes they do. Here it is. (_Chuckles._) I think I jolly well see myself without a latch-key. But, I say, about this vote. I don't half like not having got one. What shall I do about it? _First W. I. M._ You'd better see somebody about it. _Inquirer._ Somebody was talking about Leasehold Franchise the other day. Perhaps I could get in on that. _First W. I. M._ Ah! I daresay that _might_ help you. [_Terminus._ * * * * * [Illustration: "NOUS AVONS CHANGE TOUT CELA!" "WERE YOU EVER IN CHICAGO, DUCHESS?" "WHY YES, LADY MARY. IT'S MY NATIVE PLACE, YOU KNOW--AT LEAST, IT USED TO BE!"] * * * * * NEW NOVEL BY Mr. G.--_The Art of Midlothian._ * * * * * [Illustration: DRESS REHEARSAL OF EMINENT COMEDIANS, GRANDOLPH AND SARUM, _Previous to Starring Tour in Scotland and Ireland respectively_.] * * * * * OUR BOOKING-OFFICE. _Time and the Woman._ By RICHARD PRYCE. Not by any means a pearl of Pryce, and certainly not likely to make so great noise in the novel-reading world as did _The Quiet Mrs. Fleming_, by the same author. METHUEN & CO. publish it.