Vivien (composedly). Well, I think we may as well vanish too Father. It's all over!
The S. L. (going out). I don't wish to judge others—far from it—but, speaking for myself, Eliza, I cannot feel this has been a profitable method of employing precious moments which can never be recalled.
Her Friend. Oh, it's quite early. You'll have plenty of time to get a cup of tea, and do some shopping before it's dark.
The S. L. (severely). That was not precisely what I meant, Eliza!
[But it is precisely what she does.
ADVERTISEMENT'S ADVERSARIES.
["A Society has been formed to deliver us from hideous advertisements."
The Saturday Review.]
O newly-formed Society, we note with admiration