My dear Rankling, thank you for coming to see me. Good-night. [Jaffray appears at the window.]

JAFFRAY.

It's all right, gentlemen—there's a kind lady down below who is taking everybody into her house for the night—Mrs. Rankling of Portland Place.

RANKLING.

Mrs. Rankling—that's my wife! [Queckett disappears.]

JAFFRAY.

Is she, sir? Glad to hear it. Then they are all your visitors till to-morrow.

RANKLING.

Confound it, sir, where do I live?

JAFFRAY.