PRIMROSE DEANE.

(She has been sitting on arm of easy-chair, and has taken up the paper) Oh, here's a portrait of Mr. Ben Dixon.

MRS. BEN DIXON.

(Glances round and sees a paper in Primrose's hand) What in? The Young Man's Christian Herald, I suppose, under the heading of "Shining Lights"?

PRIMROSE DEANE.

No—no, it's (reading) The Illustrated Police News.

The what?

MRS. BEN DIXON.
NELLY MORRIS.

Oh, impossible, Primrose, you must——