Has it come in?

Salome.

Yes, the Major enclosed it to me this morning. You know, Sheba, Major Tarver promised to get the dresses made in London, so I gave him our brown paper patterns to send to the costumier.

Sheba.

[Shocked.] Oh, Salome, do you think he quizzed them?

Salome.

No; I sealed them up and marked outside “To be opened only by a lady.”

Sheba.

That’s all right. I hate the plan of myself in brown paper.

Salome.