[With gusto.] I will thank you, Captain de Foenix, to exercise your intelligence this evening to its furthest limit.

De Foenix.

I'll twy, sir.

Sir William.

[Laughing unpleasantly.] He, he, he! last night, sir——

Clara.

Poor Frederick had toothache last night, grandpa.

Sir William.

[Tartly.] Whist is whist, Clara, and toothache is toothache. We will endeavor to keep the two things distinct, if you please. He, he!

Miss Gower.