MRS. BROWN. Being old family?
MRS. TILSBURY. Well, it furnishes him with conversation. That is something in these days.
MRS. BROWN. He must be an awful bore. What about Mr. Becker?
MRS. TILSBURY. I told you he is a lawyer.
MRS. BROWN. That is not very descriptive.
MRS. TILSBURY. It is in his case. George says that points of law are sticking out all over him so that he is as prickly as a hedgehog.
MRS. BROWN. Where does he come from?
MRS. TILSBURY. From up state somewhere. He is a rising man.
MRS. BROWN. I have met so many rising men but they never seem to arrive. They remind me of an elevator that gets stuck between floors.
MRS. TILSBURY. Without any passengers on board, I hope.