"Been dancin' at all?"
"Dancin'? Not I! Catch me dancin' in a house where there ain't a smokin'-room! I'm off, directly!"
UNCONSCIOUS CYNICISM
She.—"It's such years since we met that perhaps you never heard of my marriage?"
He.—"No, indeed! Is it—er—recent enough for congratulations?"
UNLUCKY SPEECHES
She.—"What a disagreeable thing that insomnia must be! Very trying, I think! Do you ever suffer from it, Captain Spinks?"
He.—"Oh, dear, no. I can sleep anywhere, at any time! Could go off this moment, I assure you ...!"