MRS. BEN DIXON.
What! Ted going in for doctoring!
MR. BEN DIXON.
(Standing before the fire.) A noble and useful profession! Also, I believe, exceedingly remunerative.
THEODORE TRAVERS.
And one which atones for its folly in assisting people into the world by its efficacy in assisting them out of it again.
MRS. BEN DIXON.
Oh, do you be quiet, Theo; I got you to go on in front on purpose that you should have a quiet twenty minutes' talk all to yourself, and so give us a chance when we came.
THEODORE TRAVERS.
All right, mater—all right, if you think this is your scene, I'll talk aside up stage Right. There's not room for the two of us I know.