W-w-when, then. When we marry, you’ll be obliged to resign your commission in the Guards, won’t you?

Farncombe.

Snapping his fingers. P’sh! I shan’t care a rap about that.

Lily.

Snatching her hand away. The snobs! The snobs! They’d let you marry any bit of trash in your own set; but a Pandora girl, though she’s as pure as the Queen of England——! Oh, the contemptible snobs!

Farncombe.

Regaining possession of her hand. H’sh! H’sh! It—it’s the practice——

Lily.

Blow the practice! A cheerful reflection for me, it’ll be. The arrant snobs!

Farncombe.