'Not being a Queen,' returned Miss F., 'I would not resort to such measures.'
'Then what would you do?' continued the gentleman. 'Would you have a riband or a silk cord tied to the rover's leg or arm, and fastened by the other end to your fan or your waistband?'
'No,' replied Miss F., 'I would not do that.'
'No! Then what would you do?'
'I think I know what I would do,' returned Miss F.
'I say,' said Mrs. B., 'for the sake of similarly neglected ladies, do inform us.'
'Yes,' said Sir Charles, 'it would only be fair to tell.'
'I think,' said Miss F., whispering the words into Mrs. B.'s ear, 'I would try and retain him by the language of the eyes.'
'Oh,' said Mrs. B., laughing, 'but all ladies may not have such proficiency in that language as you may possess.'
'I have a notion,' said Miss F., 'that most ladies understand that language, and all, I fancy, do employ it sometimes.'