I append the bill.
Dinners (for two), 1s. 9d. Champagne, 3d. Total, 2s.
To this I ought really to add:—
Cab (for three) to Marylebone Police Court, 1s. 6d. (The constable refused to walk without us.)
Loss to reputation by report of proceedings, 8d.
The Business of Pleasure
Professor Guzzleton (to Fair Chatterbox). Are you aware that our host has a French cook?
Fair Chatterbox. So I hear!
Professor Guzzleton. And that that French cook is the best in London?