BOLT. Very likely not, ma’am.
MIZ. It is exceedingly probable.
BOLT. The fact is—ahem!—the facts are these: there is no such person as Miss Brown; Miss Brown has ceased to be Miss Brown—and I’m a happy man.
MRS. S. What! do you mean that Miss Brown is married, and that you are—
BOLT. Precisely; I see she has not disclosed the tender secret.
MIZ. (Aside.) Ha, ha! it is funny, after all.
BOLT. Miss Brown, you see, is now Mrs. Steele. Yes—my name is Steele, and this gentleman’s name is Addison.
MIZ. Yes, ma’am, my name is Maddison—Ha, ha, ha!
Enter SERVANT, L. H.
SERV. Miss Brown, ma’am.