Mr. Joseph Lebanon.

Not for Joseph—excuse my humour.

Mrs. Gaylustre.

But he and I do mean to take our flight from town with the rest of the swallows. [Pointing to a paragraph in the journal she still carries.] Look here, we saw this paragraph in the paper yesterday. Read it.

[Lady Twombley knocks the paper to the ground.]

Lady Twombley.

Insolent!

Mrs. Gaylustre.

Jo, pet—read it.

Mr. Joseph Lebanon.