J.—I should like that very much.

M.—Come, then, at once! Oh, you foolish Jack!

(Exeunt.)


[QUITE BY OURSELVES.]

CHARACTERS.
MRS. VERNON. JANET. RALPH.

QUITE BY OURSELVES.


Mrs. Vernon.—(Alone at writing table.) What a long time it is since the children have been into the room! It must be nearly five minutes! They don't seem to be having as many "good ideas" to-day as they generally do. So I may as well do my accounts. (Begins to add up.) Ah! there they come.