[_Coming from bedroom, carrying a bulky and apparently heavy kit-bag._] I only wanted to tell you that I sha'n't be in to dinner to-night, Mrs. Rapkin. [_He sets the bag down on the table._ MRS. RAPKIN. Goin' out of town, sir? HORACE. No. Why? [_MRS. RAPKIN indicates the bag._] Oh, this kit-bag? I'm lending it--to a friend of mine. Just going to see him off--[_taking up the bag again and going to the door_]--for a long holiday. I shall come in to dress. [_To himself._] Fool I was to forget Pringle! [_As HORACE goes out the stage is in darkness for an interval of a minute or two, after which the curtain rises on the last scene._ SCENE II _The "Pinafore" private room at the Savoy Hotel._ _At the back is a wide arch, beyond which is a glazed balcony, with a view over the tops of the Embankment trees of the river and the Surrey bank, with the Shot Towers, &c., and the ends of Waterloo Bridge on the extreme left, and of Charing Cross Railway Bridge on the extreme right._ _At the rising of the curtain this view is seen in a warm sunset glow._ _Above the arch there is a door on the right, leading to the corridor and restaurant; another on the left, by which the waiters come in and go out._ _Below the arch, down on the right, is a fireplace; above the fireplace, at right angles to it, a couch, and behind the couch a long flower-stand filled with flowers and palms._ _Up the stage, centre, is a round table, laid for six persons, and elaborately decorated with pink Gloire de France roses, under rose-shaded lamp. Six chairs are placed round it, and a seventh chair is in the glazed balcony._ _Below the arch, on the left, is another door, and down on left, at a slight angle, a sofa, with occasional tables and chairs. Against the wall on left is a glazed cabinet._