“At the Deanery of St. Marvells, with the cares of a household, and a stable which contains only a thirteen-year-old pony, you may obtain rest and forgetfulness.” And she is coming!

Sheba and Salome.

When? Oh! when?

The Dean.

She merely says, “Soon.”

Sheba and Salome.

[Stamping with vexation.] Ugh!

The Dean.

Salome, Sheba, you will, I fear, find her a sad broken creature, a weary fragment, a wave-tossed derelict. Let it be your patient endeavor to win back a flickering smile to the wan features of this chastened widow.

Blore enters with a telegram.