That this young scamp, Mr. Cecil Farringdon, hires a room at the “Hotel des Princes.”

Cis.

I know that.

Mr. Bullamy.

And that Mr. Farringdon was there last night with some low stockbroker of the name of Skinner.

Cis.

Go on—go on! [Offering him the jujube box.] Take a jujube!

Mr. Bullamy.

[Taking a jujube.] Now the law, which seems to me quite perfect, allows a man who rents a little apartment at an inn to eat and drink with his friends all night long.