MRS. CULLINGHAM. I never saw a sweeter, my dear! And it was perfectly elegant! Simply great! JINNY. And isn't Jack-- MRS. CULLINGHAM. He is! And so are you! In fact I've been telling your mother I don't know how to thank you both. You've asked me to-day to meet the swellest crowd I've ever been in where I was _invited_, and didn't have to buy tickets, and felt I had a right to say something besides "excuse me," and "I beg your pardon." Of course, I've sat next to them all before in restaurants and at concerts, but this time I felt like the real thing myself, and I shall never forget it! If you or your husband ever want any mining tips, come to me; what my husband don't know about mines isn't worth knowing! JINNY. I'm as glad as I can be if you've had a good time, and you mustn't feel indebted to us. Ever since we met in Egypt that winter, mamma and I have always felt you were one of our best friends. MRS. CULLINGHAM. Of course you know it isn't for _my own_ sake I'm doing these stunts to get into Society. It's all for _my boy_. He's _got_ to have the best--or the _worst_, however you look at it! [_Laughing._] Anyway, I want him to have a chance at it, and it belongs to him through his father, for my first husband was a real swell! [_Looking at PETER lovingly._ [_At this moment, PETER, having again looked at his watch, tips up the powder on his tongue, and swallows it down with the water._ MRS. CULLINGHAM. Poor darling! He suffers terribly from indigestion. That's an alkali powder he takes twenty minutes after eating. Peter, we must say good-by now. PETER. [_Coming up._] Good-by, Miss Jinny. MRS. CULLINGHAM. _Mrs. Austin!_ JINNY. Oh, I'll always be "Miss Jinny" to Peter! PETER. Thank you! We've had a great time at your wedding! _Bully food!_ But I'm _feeling_ it! [_He turns aside._] Excuse me! MRS. CULLINGHAM. I was just telling Mrs. Austin-- [_Interrupted._ JINNY. "Jinny"--don't change. MRS. CULLINGHAM. Thank you-- [_Rises to go._] I was just saying we won't forget in our social life, will we, Peter, that Miss Jinny gave us the biggest boost up we've had yet? [_JINNY also rises._ PETER. Well, you know, mother, I don't think the game's worth the candle. It's begun to pall on me already. MRS. CULLINGHAM. I really think he's going to be superior to it! PETER. I only go now for your sake. [_MRS. TILLMAN, coming from Right, speaks off stage._ MRS. TILLMAN. Jinny! Jinny! JINNY. Mother! [_MRS. TILLMAN enters._ JINNY. I ought to dress? MRS. TILLMAN. [_To MRS. CULLINGHAM._] She'll be late if she isn't careful. JINNY. I'm going to. Is Maggie there? MRS. TILLMAN. Yes, waiting! JINNY. Good-by. [_Kisses MRS. CULLINGHAM._] Good-by. [_Shakes PETER'S hand._] PETER. Many happy returns! [_JINNY goes out Right._ MRS. TILLMAN. Come, I want to give you some of Jinny's flowers to take home with you. Would you like some? MRS. CULLINGHAM. I should love them! [_They go out through the doors at back._