Ebbsmith.

Another half column. Do, my dear, to oblige me, find some less ostentatious method of making known your views on the subject of marriage.

Agnes.

[Anticipating a remark subsequently made by the Duke of St. Olpherts.] Unostentatious immodesty is not part of my programme.

Ebbsmith.

[Humbly.] Could you not, for my sake, consent to take a less prominent part in the movement?

Agnes.

[Enthusiastically.] But I want to be among the Leaders—the Leaders! That will be my hour.

Ebbsmith.