MELESINDA
Intolerable spite!
(MR. H. is announced.)
(Enter MR. H.)
FIRST LADY
O, Mr. H. we are so glad——
SECOND LADY
We have been so dull——
THIRD LADY So perfectly lifeless——You owe it to us, to be more than commonly entertaining.
MR. H.
Ladies, this is so obliging——
FOURTH LADY O, Mr. H. those ranunculas you said were dying, pretty things, they have got up——
FIFTH LADY
I have worked that sprig you commended—I want you to come——
MR. H.
Ladies——