Lukyn! I—I—know Colonel Lukyn; we are old schoolfellows.

Mr. Wormington.

Very sad! [Reading.] The other is “Horace, &c. &c. Vale—Captain—Shropshire Fusiliers.”

Mr. Posket.

And the ladies?

Mr. Wormington.

Call themselves, “Alice Emmeline Fitzgerald and Harriet Macnamara.”

Mr. Posket.

[To himself.] Which is the lady who was under the table with me?

Mr. Wormington.