Bailiff’s Daughter.—“It was certainly through no desire to please you that I chose it.”
True Love.—“I am quite sure of that! Are you staying in this part?”
Bailiff’s Daughter.—“Oh no! I live many miles distant, over an extremely rough road. And you?”
True Love.—“I am still at the Hydropathic; or at least my luggage is there.”
Bailiff’s Daughter.—“It must be very pleasant to attract you so long.”
True Love.—“Not so pleasant as it was.”
Bailiff’s Daughter.—“No? A new proprietor, I suppose.”
True Love.—“No; same proprietor; but the house is empty.”
Bailiff’s Daughter (yawning purposely).—“That is strange; the hotels are usually so full at this season. Why did so many leave?”
True Love.—“As a matter of fact, only one left. ‘Full’ and ‘empty’ are purely relative terms. I call a hotel full when it has you in it, empty when it hasn’t.”