Mr. Posket.
Then, sir, let it be my harrowing task to open the eyes of this foolish doting man to the treachery, the perfidy, which nestles upon his very hearthrug!
Lukyn.
Oh, lor’! Be careful, Posket! By George, be careful!
Mr. Posket.
Alexander Lukyn, you are my friend. Amongst the personal property taken from you when you entered these precincts may have been found a memorandum of an engagement to dine at my house to-night at a quarter to eight o’clock. But, Lukyn, I solemnly prepare you, you stand in danger of being late for dinner! I go further—I am not sure, after this morning’s proceedings, that Mrs. Posket will be ready to receive you.
Lukyn.
I’m confoundedly certain she won’t!
Mr. Posket.
Therefore, Lukyn, as an English husband and father it will be my duty to teach you and your disreputable companions [referring to charge-sheet], Alice Emmeline Fitzgerald and Harriet Macnamara, some rudimentary notions of propriety and decorum.