VIII
Elderly Party (who fancies herself young). “Ah, Mildred, you and I must one day lose our youth and beauty!”
Mildred. “Oh, you mustn’t be down-hearted. You have worn so wonderfully well!”
IX
Captain Sawney (at a Mi-Carême fancy dress ball, perfectly satisfied that he is saying a happy thing and paying a very great compliment). “Well, you do look delightful! Fascinating! Too charming for words! What an awful pity it is you are not always like that!”
