They’re all too black and too dirty, &c.
They’re quite as clean as you, sir, &c.
Suppose, then, I take you, Miss, &c.
—Clapham, London (Mrs. Herbertson).
[Another version is played by the duke announcing that he wants a wife. The circle of maids and duke then reply to each other as follows:—
Open the door and let him in.
They’re all as stiff as pokers.
Quite as good as you, sir.
I suppose I must take one of them?