Lady Vera. "Oh, yes, I have."
Pownceby. "And what did you think?"
Lady Vera. "Oh, I thought—that you had never done anything better."
THE LOST SMELL.
[The Queen's Hall is at present free from the smell of cooking hitherto "the inseparable accompaniment of orchestral music."—Times, Nov. 27.]
Seated to-day at a concert,
I am weary and ill at ease,
Though Lloyd and Albani are singing,
Or anyone else you please;