Charlotte.

And you nominated yourself for the Matrimonial Stakes. Mr. Farringdon’s The Widow, by Bereavement, out of Mourning, ten pounds extra.

Agatha Posket.

Yes, Charley, and in less than a month I went triumphantly over the course. But, Charley dear, I didn’t carry the fair weight for age—and that’s my trouble.

Charlotte.

Oh, dear!

Agatha Posket.

Undervaluing Æneas’ love, in a moment of, I hope, not unjustifiable vanity, I took five years from my total, which made me thirty-one on my wedding morning.

Charlotte.

Well, dear, many a misguided woman has done that before you.