Sil-ver bells!”
Very silvery, don’t you see?
Stella. Oh, yes! excuse me. (Reads in a very silly tone.)
“Hear the sledges with the bells,
Sil——ver bells!”
Festus. Oh, no, no! that’s too silly.
Stella. Sir!
Festus. I mean, there’s too much of the sil in silver. (Repeats his reading. She imitates it.)
Festus. Ah! that’s better. Thank you: you are charming. (She looks at him.) That is, a charming reader. Go on.
Stella. (Reads.)