_Mrs. M.G._ (_enthusiastically_). I'm so delighted to make your acquaintance. When my brother-in-law told me who you were, I positively very nearly shrieked. I am such an admirer of your--(_thinks she won't commit herself to the whole title--and so compounds_)--your delightful _Sabrina_! _Mr. T._ Most gratified to hear it, I'm sure, I'm told there's a growing demand for it. _Mrs. M.G._ Such a hopeful sign--when one was beginning quite to despair of the public taste! _Mr. T._ Well, I've always said--So long as you give the Public a really first-rate article, and are prepared to spend any amount of money on _pushing_ it, you know, you're sure to see a handsome return for your outlay--in the long run. And you see, I've had this carefully analysed, by competent judges-- _Mrs. M.G._ Ah, but _you_ can feel independent of criticism, can't you? _Mr. T._ Oh, I defy anyone to find anything unwholesome in it--it's as suitable for the most delicate child as it is for adults--nothing to irritate the most sensitive-- _Mrs. M.G._ Ah, you mean certain critics are so thin-skinned--they are indeed! _Mr. T._ (_warming to his subject_). But the beauty of this particular composition is that it causes absolutely _no_ unpleasantness or inconvenience afterwards. In some cases, indeed, it acts like a charm. I've known of two cases of long-standing erysipelas it has completely cured. _Mrs. M.G._ (_rather at sea_). How gratifying that must be. But that is the magic of all truly great work, it is such an _anodyne_--it takes people so completely out of themselves--doesn't it? _Mr. T._ It takes anything of that sort out of _them_, Ma'am. It's the finest discovery of the age, no household will be without it in a few months--though perhaps I say it who shouldn't. _Mrs. M.G._ (_still more astonished_). Oh, but I _like_ to hear you. I'm so tired of hearing people pretending to disparage what they have done, it's such a _pose_, and I hate posing. Real genius is _never_ modest. (_If he had been more retiring, she would have, of course, reversed this axiom_.) I _wish_ you would come and see me on one of my Tuesdays, Mr. TABLETT, I should feel so honoured, and I think you would meet some congenial spirits--do look in some evening--I will send you a card if I may--let me see--could you come and lunch next Sunday? I've got a little man coming who was very nearly eaten up by cannibals. I think _he_ would interest you. _Mr. T._ I shall be proud to meet him. Er--did they eat _much_ of him? _Mrs. M.G._ (_who privately thinks this rather vulgar_). How _witty_ you are! That's quite worthy of a--_Sabrina_, really! Then you _will_ come? So glad. And now I mustn't keep you from your other admirers any longer. [_She dismisses him_. LATER.