Judge (very annoyed). "Do not address me as my dear, do not address me at all, direct your remarks to Counsel, please."
Cissie (tossing her head). "Wot o'! now we shan't be long."
Counsel (soothingly). "No, Mrs. Laurie, as you observe, we shall not be long now. Will you kindly tell me where you met the Lord Mayor, previous to your meeting with him in Trafalgar Square?"
Cissie. "Yes, I first met him in a Pantomime."
Counsel. "In a Pantomime; very good."
Cissie. "Yus, I was playing Principal Boy, dressed in a green velvet jacket, green ostrich plumes in my 'air, and a pink pair of silk tights. Oh, you should just 'ave seen the pink silk tights, bran new ones."
Counsel (hastily). "Thank you, that is sufficient; a detailed description of the costume you wore is immaterial to the case."
Cissie. "Oh, is it? then I don't see the object of my being dragged 'ere if I ain't to describe my costume."
Counsel. "That will do, thank you, Mrs. Laurie; stand down."
Cissie. "Dragging me all the way 'ere, when the lodgers ain't got their dinners yet; fish to fry for the first floor, and the second back wanting macaroni with their stew, because they're I'talians."