Hussiffe_ (_to Mr. DE MURE_). Perhaps _you_ can tell me of a
good coal merchant? The people who supply me now are perfect _fiends_,
and I really must go somewhere else.
_Mr. De Mure_. Then I'm afraid you must be rather difficult to please.
Mr. TABLETT _has been introduced to_ Mrs. MAYNARD GERY--_with
the following result_.
_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.
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