Pin. That’s it—I have a light—I feel I have a light, I’m only afraid, if I attempt to show it, it will go out.
[MISS SKYLARK is heard singing.
Boss. She’s coming, I’ll leave you together.
Pin. Oh, don’t, I am not quite ready; that is, I don’t feel quite so desperate as I did just now.
Boss. Come, come, pop at once; and then, like a conquering hero, take her on your arm to this party that we are all invited to. We have arranged the opportunity for you, step behind this screen.
Pin. Why?
Boss. It’s necessary.
Pin. Do all people step behind screens when they propose to marry?
Boss. Too many, I’m afraid.
Pin. Ah! but matrimony soon kicks the screen down, don’t it? I wish we could be married without this awful ceremony of proposing. Why can’t people make telegraphic signs? what a deal of trouble it would save.