FANNY. I’m so glad we’re alone at last, Georgina; we can have a nice long chat together all alone; and I’ve such a lot to tell you!
MRS. MAJOR. Well, I’m all attention! But first, how did you enjoy your trip to Cheltenham?
FANNY. Not much. I found it rather slow. Nothing but a collection of bilious-looking fogies being wheeled about in Bath-chairs. But never mind that; I’ve something else to talk about!
MRS. MAJOR (smiling). Something very serious, no doubt.
FANNY. Awfully serious! Listen! At the very first ball I went to at the Assembly-rooms—
MRS. MAJOR. A very brilliant affair, of course!
FANNY. Really, Georgina, if you keep on interrupting me in this sort of way—
MRS. MAJOR. I beg your pardon! Well?
FANNY. Well, at my very first ball I danced with a gentleman once or twice—perhaps three or four times.