Lady Bar., to herself. “Insolent. And the little dunce thinks he is complimenting her.”

Ips. “Perhaps Talbot will come to our rescue—he is a fiddler.”

Tal. “An amateur of the violin.”

Ips. “It is all the same thing.”

Lady Bar. “I wish it may prove so.”

[Note: original has music notation here]

Miss V. “Beautiful.”

Mrs. Vere. “Charming.”

Hither. “Superb!”

Ips. “You are aware that good music is a thing to be wedded to immortal verse, shall I recite a bit of poetry to match Talbot's strain?”