mabel chiltern [Triumphantly.] I am.

lord goring. How clever of you to guess it! [Takes up his hat and cane.] Good-bye, Lady Chiltern! You will remember what I said to you, won’t you?

lady chiltern. Yes; but I don’t know why you said it to me.

lord goring. I hardly know myself. Good-bye, Miss Mabel!

mabel chiltern [With a little moue of disappointment.] I wish you were not going. I have had four wonderful adventures this morning; four and a half, in fact. You might stop and listen to some of them.

lord goring. How very selfish of you to have four and a half! There won’t be any left for me.

mabel chiltern. I don’t want you to have any. They would not be good for you.

lord goring. That is the first unkind thing you have ever said to me. How charmingly you said it! Ten to-morrow.

mabel chiltern. Sharp.

lord goring. Quite sharp. But don’t bring Mr. Trafford.