Rather Mixed.
Pugilist Enthusiast (to Musical Ditto). I'm glad they gave Sullivan a bouquet.
Musical Ditto (on the wrong tack). He deserves it. I see they've put his Pinafore on again.
Pugilistic Enthusiast (puzzled). His pinafore! What's that for?
Musical Ditto. To give him breathing time, I suppose, before he makes his next hit. Ta Ta!
[Exit Musical Ditto without further explanation.
Mr. Walter Besant wrote to the Times last Saturday to deny having signed a petition in favour of the Chicago Anarchists. He admitted that he had received such a petition, to which he had not returned any answer. Mr. Besant, in his dealings with "all sorts and conditions," should remember that "silence gives consent"—an aphorism (is this all right, Mr. Morley?) naturally attributed to Tacitus.