Yes; I actually know houses where two great dinner-parties were given in one week.

Mrs. Lynge.

And then there was a company of strolling actors, they tell me.

Mrs. Rummel.

Yes, that was the worst of all——!

Mrs. Holt.

[Uneasily.] H’m, h’m——

Mrs. Rummel.

Oh, actors did you say? No, I remember nothing about them.

Mrs. Lynge.