THWAITES—Blue dress coat, white vest, black trousers, Berlin gloves.
PAWKINS—Long-tailed dress coat, colored vest, black trousers; hat and umbrella.
AGATHA—Rich pink silk ball dress.
GUESTS—Evening dresses.
RETAINED FOR THE DEFENCE.
SCENE—A Drawing Room fitted up for an evening party—to the left a card table—doors, C. and L.
THWAITES, who has finished lighting candles in chandelier at back, C., steps back to survey the effect.
THWAITES. Now, that’s what I call the real thing—the clean grit. The position of that bokey (bouquet) is such, that none but the purest taste could conceive,—those camellias, chastity itself. A fine combination! Cutting the turnips and carrots to make ornaments for the cold tongue; chusing the bokies at Covent Garden Market; mildly tempering the brilliant light of wax and gas with the soothing hue of flowers. I have brought all my arts to bear upon this sworry. The party who is a greengrocer in the morning, is the only perfect waiter in the evening.