"'IT WAS ALL ARRANGED BEFOREHAND, MISS'"
"I referred, madam," he interrupted, "to times in America, for I contemplate charging $5 a stall when next I visit you. You see, my next visit will be the first of a series of twenty farewell seasons which I propose to make in the States, which I love dearly. Don't forget that, please—which I love dearly. I want your people to know."
"I shall not, Sir Henry," said I, holding out my hand. "Good-bye."
"Say au revoir," he replied. "I shall surely see you at to-night's performance."
And so we parted.
On the way down the Strand, back to my rooms, I met the property-man, who was evidently waiting for me.
"Excuse me, miss," said he, "but you saw?"
"Saw what?" said I.
"How he called me down about the Marie Antoinette poker?" he replied, nervously.
"Yes," said I, "I did."