"Been up the Statue of Liberty, I suppose?" Jimmy went on.
"No," said the lion.
"What!" cried the chorus. "Never been up the—"
"What did he say?" asked Mrs. Jewell, who was deaf. Mr. Buxton solemnly inclined his lips to her anxious ear and shouted:
"He has never been up the Statue of Liberty."
"Oh!" said the lady.
The silence was profound.
"What, never?" piped Jimmy Gallows.
"Never," said the lion, shaking his mane a little ominously. "I have never been a tourist."
Letitia mentioned Sun Dial, and would have saved the day, I think, had not Mrs. Buhl leaned forward with the sweetest of alluring smiles.