“For example?”
“I may say I’ve played Pauline and Portia and Puck....”
“Mother-to-Juliet I fear’s the best I’ve to offer.”
Mrs. Smee consulted enigmatically the nearest mole in reach of her tongue.
“Were I to play her in ‘good’ preservation,” she inquired, “I suppose there’d be no objection?”
“Why, none!”
“Just a girlish touch....”
“Mrs. Smee defies time,” Mrs. Sixsmith remarked.
“My dear, I once was thought to be a very pretty woman.... All I can do now is to urge my remains.”
Miss Sinquier raised a forefinger.