Mr. L. Don’t speak so loud!
Friend. Ha! wife don’t know—does she? Where does she think you go?
Mr. L. I don’t know. She never asks me, and I am glad of it. She asked me to go with her to-night, and I told her I was engaged.
Friend. Good! I shan’t ask you where, but take it for granted that it was with me. What do you say for a game of billiards?
Mr. L. Good! I’m in for that. (They rise to go.) Have a cigar, Tom?
Friend. Yes. (They go out.)
Scene III. (Two men in conversation as they come upon the stage.)
B. Billiards? No, I never play billiards.
A. Why not?
B. I don’t like its tendency.