_Sir Posh._ Who, as a matter of fact, was innocent--but I forgive you, child, for your unworthy suspicions. BLESHUGH, my boy, you have saved me from unnecessarily depriving myself of the services of an old retainer. BLETHERS, I condone a dissimulation for which you have done much to atone. SPIKER, you vile and miserable rascal, be off, and be thankful that I have sufficient magnanimity to refrain from giving you in charge. (SPIKER _sneaks off, crushed_.) And now, my children, and my faithful old servant, congratulate me that I am no longer---- _Verbena and Lord Bleshugh (together)._ Under the Harrow! [_Affecting Family Tableau and quick Curtain._ * * * * * [Illustration: BLANK REFUSAL. _B-lf-r._ "QUITE EASY TO GET THE MONEY, IF YOU'LL BACK THE BILL." _P-rn-ll._ "NO, THANK YOU!"] * * * * * THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER-COLOURS.--Sir JOHN GILBERT leads off with an excellent landscape "_Autumn_," which is full of his best quality. The presidential key-note thus struck, seems to have been taken up by the rest of the exhibitors, for in the present show there is certainly a preponderance of landscapes. Among the most notable contributions may be named those by Messrs. BIRKET FOSTER, A. D. FRIPP, T. LLOYD, C. B. PHILLIP, HEMY, SMALLFIELD, MARSHALL, GOODWIN, WATERLOW, E. K. JOHNSON, STACY MARKS, HENSHALL, J. D. WATSON, T. J. WATSON, HENRY MOORE, CARL HAAG, Miss CLARA MONTALBA, Mrs. ALLINGHAM and Miss C. PHILLOTT. The exhibition, though it appears to be not so large as usual, is a very interesting one. "AN UNCONSIDERED TRIFLE."--One of the clever young men who assist in that excellent _Daily Telegraph_ salad, "London Day by Day," without which, served fresh and fresh every morning, life would not be worth living, said, last Tuesday, that "the latest on 'Change is that STANLEY declares he never saw EMIN PASHA. Why? Because there's no M in Pasha." _Mr. Punch_, December 21, 1889, originated it in this form:-- A MYTHICAL PERSON: EMIN PASHA.--Why this fuss about a man who does not exist? There's no _M in_ "Pasha." "It's of no consequence;" only, given as the latest quotation on 'Change, was not quite up to date for "London Day by Day." * * * * * AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY.