D.—Now, then, what shall we do?
B.—We shall have so much less to read.
E.—Let us see what is on this piece.
All.—(Reading together.) "My dear children, I am obliged to go off to Clapham by the ten o'clock train, to see my mother who is ill."
D.—Go to Clapham!
F.—By the ten o'clock train!
B.—To see her mother who is ill!
E.—Oh, how delightful!
B.—How delightful that her mother should be ill?
E.—No, of course not. I mean, how terrible!