Olang. The whole quarter’s, my dear.
Mrs. O. Will you hold your tongue!
Cosi. Well, dat’s all.... Honourable good-day to you, and a fortunate Feast.
Mrs. O. Honourable good-day.
Olang. Honourable good-day. Condescend to over-eat yourself, and greatly oblige.
[Exit Cosi-Mosi.
Mrs. O. Now, after this, you’d better give up painting pictures that won’t sell. It’s no use burning your candle at both ends if you can’t make them meet.
Josi. Yesh, he was burning his candle last night! Got de picture finished, eh? You might have thrown dat into de shecurity as well.
Mrs. O. He’s not getting any picture finished. What d’you mean?
Josi. Oh, ah! We wash to pretend we didn’t know. All right ... de candle was burning to amuse itself, I shuppose!