Moses in the Bulrushes—what d'ye think of it?

Lady Owbridge.

[Tearfully.] They treat such subjects nowadays with too little reverence.

Frayne.

[Thoughtlessly.] Too much Pharaoh's daughter and too little Moses.

Quex.

[Frowning him down.] Phsst!

Mrs. Eden.

Certainly the handmaidens remind one of the young ladies in the ballet at the Empire.

Lady Owbridge.