[_Sitting upon the settee, gruffly._] Luigi. LUIGI. [_Halting._] Eh? THE BEARDED WAITER. [_Taking out a handful of money and selecting some gold from it._] Here! [_Putting the gold into LUIGI'S palm._] For your chaps. LUIGI. Oh, you are spoiling them. THE BEARDED WAITER. [_Giving some more gold pieces to LUIGI._] For you. LUIGI. [_Bowing low._] Thank you very much. [_With a polite grin, as he disposes of the coins in different pockets._] Hope you have enjoyed yourself, Captain. THE BEARDED WAITER. [_Speaking in the voice of JEYES._] Thoroughly. [_Quietly, between his teeth._] Warm work, though! [_Rising slowly, like a man with stiff joints._] I'll be off now, with your permission. LUIGI. See you at lunch, Captain? JEYES. Probably. [_Nodding._] Good-night. Good morning. [_He slouches away to the door on the left and there stops, listening. There is the sound of people approaching, singing uproariously and shouting and laughing._] Hullo! LUIGI. [_At his elbow._] Ho, ho, ho, ho! [_LUIGI goes out into the corridor and JEYES retreats behind the counter. The noise increases and presently FULKERSON rushes in, flourishing his arms madly. He is followed by GLYNN and SHIRLEY who are carrying LILY upon their interlocked hands, and by PALK who is helping to support her. Then come HENEAGE and NITA, GRIMWOOD and DAPHNE, TAVISH and FLO, VON RETTENMAYER and ENID, DE CASTRO and GABRIELLE, ROPER and MRS. STIDULPH, FARNCOMBE and JIMMIE, BLAND and EVANGELINE, COOLING and SYBIL, and SMYTHE and OLGA. Singing the chorus of the "Mind the Paint" song, and dancing to it wildly, they circle the saloon twice, go out at the right-hand door at the back, return at the door on the left, and finally disappear through the double-door and along the landing. The waiters, who have brought up the rear of the procession, gather, with LUIGI, in the left-hand corner, clapping their hands, and STIDULPH returns, entering at the right-hand door at the back._ LILY. [_Waving her bouquet and shrieking with laughter._] Ha, ha, ha, ha! Don't drop me! Don't drop me! HENEAGE AND GRIMWOOD. [_Yelling._] Whoop! Whoop! FULKERSON. [_Deliriously, endeavouring to stand upon his head._] Wh-o-o-op! JIMMIE. [_Breaking from the rank and jumping on to the further settee-- singing._] "Mind the paint! Mind the paint! A girl is not a sinner just because she's not a saint!----" LILY. Ha, ha, ha! You'll drop me! Oh----! [_As the procession passes out of sight, followed by LUIGI and the waiters, JEYES departs at the door on the left and STIDULPH once more goes to the counter and lights a cigarette._ END OF THE SECOND ACT. THE THIRD ACT _The scene is LILY'S boudoir-- a room upon the second floor of her house, adjoining her bedroom. The decorations, though delicate, are gay, with a good deal of pink in them._