_Mr. Toov._ No, but really---- Why, I _see_ how it was! Depend upon it, my dear, that cabman must have been sitting inside the vehicle smoking, with the windows up, before you got in. Yes, yes; that accounts for everything. _Mrs. Toov._ (_faintly_). Do you think so, THEOPHILUS? I--I remember noticing a smell of cigars. _Mr. Toov._ (_as he goes out_). My poor dear love, _what_ a trial for you; and you never complained! Now, when I see dear Mrs CUMBERBATCH at church to-morrow, I must really caution her not to employ that cabman again--she may have taken his number, and he really ought to lose his licence--drunk, and smoking inside his cab! Oh, I shall tell her! [_He goes out._ _Mrs. Toov._ (_alone_). Pa shall _not_ go to church to-morrow. _I_ will take care of that, and by the time he sees ELIZA again he will have forgotten all about it. Is he doing all this to cover his own misdoings? I can't rest till I know! I will make CHARLES tell me on Monday. But what if Pa is blameless? No, he must have been doing _something_ he oughtn't to. It would be too horrible if it turned out that I--_I_ am the only person who has been (_she catches her breath with a shudder_) "hi-tiddley-ing," as those vulgar wretches would call it! There 's only one comfort that I can see; nobody here is ever likely to know, unless I choose to betray myself. Oh dear! oh dear! I wish I could forget this awful evening! [_She ascends the stairs with a heavy and dispirited tread_. END OF SCENE XIV. * * * * * AN INQUIRY.--Miss QUOTA writes to ask us "where the following well-known lines are to be found:-- "'Eight hours to sleep, eight hours to food are given, Eight hours to play, and all the rest to Heav'n.'" [_We are not sure, but imagine that they are to be found In the works of "Anon." Anyhow, better send to Editor of "Notes and Queries," who knows everything._--ED.] * * * * * [Illustration: HUMAN NATURE REBELS! POOR MR. WIGGLES HAS JUST BEEN DESCRIBED BY A FACETIOUS WITNESS OF THE LOWER ORDERS AS "THAT THERE H'OLD BLOKE WIV A CHOKER, AN' A CAULIFLOWER ON 'IS 'ED"!!!] * * * * * TWO VIEWS OF VICTORY. THE PAST. THE Commander who had fought so bravely was tired out. He could go no farther. He had beaten back the stubborn foe, and there was nothing more for him to do. He waited with as much patience as he could muster the return of his messengers. In a short time he would learn whether the honour of his country had been preserved; whether his battle was a defeat or a victory. "Will they never come?" he murmured. "Surely by this time they should have learned the truth?" He had scarcely uttered these words when the scouts returned. "General," cried the leader, "your campaign has been crowned with success! England is herself again! Your reward is assured!" And it was. A week later he was made a K.C.B.! THE FUTURE.