“It sets better now. Ah! my cravat.”
“That will be a long job.”
“Oh, no! I have made a study of that article of dress, and it goes all alone now. There! that’s it. Ought I to turn the ends up or down?”
“Turn them either way you choose; but try to make up your mind.”
“Well, I’ll pull ’em out straight. What do you think of that knot?”
“Beautiful! you are stunning!”
“Stunning is too strong a word; but I think that I look rather well; I’ve just got three pins to put in.”
“Great God! we shan’t get started at eight o’clock!”
“The devil! this is terribly embarrassing; I ought to have thought about it sooner.”
“What’s the matter? have you another engagement?”