_Miss O._ Any remarks you have to make can be put in the form. _Second M. M._ Quite so--but if you could only tell me---- _Miss O._ Can't do any more than I have done. (_To First M. M._) I gave you your stamps some time ago, didn't I? _First M. M._ Oh, yes--yes, I had the stamps, thank you. But--but (_with manner of man who is compelled to enter on a painful subject_) there was my change--I--I gave you half a sovereign. _Miss O. (with cold suspicion)._ Don't remember it. You should have spoke about it at the time--but of course, if you say you haven't had it--I suppose---- [_Deals out his change as if it was more than he had any right to expect._ _Second M. M._ One moment--am I to leave this form with you? _Miss C._ No. Send it to the General Post Office in the regular way--they'll attend to it. You'll find all the directions there if you take the trouble to look. _Second M. M._ Thank you _very_ much. Good morning. [Miss C. _and_ Miss O. _naturally take no notice of this piece of familiarity, and_ Second M. M. _departs crushed, and gradually realises that he is slightly annoyed_. _Third M. M. (presenting a telegram)._ Will you send this off at once, please? _Miss Orty (takes the form, and runs a disparaging eye over it, rather as if it were an unwelcome love-letter from some detested adorer)._ "Post mortem's" _two_ words. _Third M. M._ I have no objection--but it's rather important. I want it delivered, and _soon_. _Miss O._ You must put the address more full than "Rumbo," then. _Third M. M._ But the telegraphic address is registered "Rumbo." _Miss O. (who seems to consider_ "Rumbo" _somewhat too frivolous_). Well, if you like to leave it so, I can _send_ it--it's at your risk. (_She leaves the form on the counter._) Eightpence-halfpenny. _Enter_ Footman, _with parcel_. _Footman._ How much to pay on this, Miss, please? [Miss Cross _takes it reluctantly, slaps it down on scales with infinite contempt, flings in weights, and then tosses a stamp and label to_ Footman, _with the brief remark, "Fourpence," spoken aggressively_. Footman, _after paying his fourpence, and gazing from stamp to label in a hopeless manner, opens his mouth twice, and withdraws, too intimidated to ask for further instructions_. _Miss C. (still occupied with her anecdote)._ I _should_ laugh if he came again next Sunday, just the same--shouldn't you? _Miss O._ I'd let him see I wasn't going to put up with it, I know! _Miss C._ Oh, he'll find out he won't have things all his way. (_Perceives_ First M. M. _evidently awaiting her leisure_.) Was there anything else you were waiting for? _First M. M._ Er--yes. Can you let me have a Postal Order for six-and-sixpence? _Miss C. (with decision)._ No, I can't! _First M. M. (surprised)._ But surely----! _Miss C._ Give you two--one for five shillings, and one for eighteen-pence, if _that_ will do? _First M. M._ Of course, that's what I meant!