“Isn’t she always? ‘Come round and see me soon, Miss Sarah, there’s a dear, and let’s be intimate!’”

“Really, Sally!”

“Sally can take off anyone.”

“It’s vulgar, dear, to mimic.”

“Vulgar?”

“It isn’t nice.”

“Many people do.”

“Only mountebanks.”

“I’d bear a good deal to be on the stage.”

Canon Sinquier closed his eyes.