VANE. Ah! (goes up to the table, L. U. E.)

WOFF. Mr. Soaper, Mr. Snarl—gentlemen who would butter and cut up their own fathers!

MABEL. Bless me; cannibals!

WOFF. (with a sweet smile). No; critics.

MABEL. But yourself, madam?

WOFF. (curtseying). I am the Lady Betty Modish, at your service.

CLIVE (aside to Quin). And anybody else’s.

MABEL. Oh dear, so many lords and ladies!

VANE. Pray go, and change your dress, Mabel.