She has several aliases, so that she can always prove an alibi! Envy, Hatred, Malice, and All-Uncharitableness! She is best known as Gossip, or Busy-Body!
The King.
Has she ever been presented here at Court?
The Chancellor.
Not yet, Sire, though she has repeatedly sought to be. She has never quite passed her examination on the Nine Points of Etiquette.
The Queen.
It would make no difference if she had. I never would consent to receive such a person! Besides, we haven’t spoons and forks enough!
The Chancellor.
But, Madam, unless we conciliate her I fear she may make some trouble for the Princess!