"Oh! if you think we'll have that one!" said the Princess. "Would you believe, Lady Chaloner, that he wants me to be the maid in it instead of the leading lady, because he kisses the maid behind the door!"
"My dear Maddy!" said Lady Chaloner, reprovingly.
"Don't look so shocked at me, dear Lady Chaloner," she said. "I am sure I am as shocked myself at the suggestion, as——"
"Mrs. Birkett," suggested Wentworth.
"Precisely," said the Princess.
"At any rate we'll put that piece on the list for the present," said Lady Chaloner. "Then there will be a song from Lady Adela——"
"And a song from Mr. Wentworth," said Moricourt.
"That's splendid," said Lady Chaloner. "The Café Chantant will do. The only thing I rather regret is about the stalls, that every one is goin' to sell the same thing."
"And who is going to buy?" said the Princess.