De Smythe. “She was the ugliest woman I ever met—er—er—present company excepted, of course!”
Of the World Worldly.—“There go the Spicer Wilcoxes, mamma! I’m told they’re dying to know us. Hadn’t we better call?”
“Certainly not, dear. If they’re dying to know us, they’re not worth knowing. The only people worth our knowing are the people who don’t want to know us!”
Breaking the Ice.—He. “I’ve got to take you in to dinner, Miss Travers—and I’m rather afraid of you, you know! Mrs. Jollibois tells me you’re very clever!”
She (highly amused). “How absurd! I’m not a bit clever!”