Rédacteur (surprised but admiring). Mine! This is simply marvellous. And are you clever enough to write a leader?
Stranger. Assuredly. See I will compose one at once. (Sits at table, knocks off an article and hands it to Rédacteur). What do you think of it?
Rédacteur (smiling). I will give you my opinion when I see it in type. You will find it in the Gamin to-morrow. Good day!
[Scene closes in upon a tableau suggesting at once delicacy and the right understanding of commercial principles.
Her Latest.—"The silence was so great," said Mrs. R., "you could have picked up a pin!"
MINOR POETRY IN THE SERE AND YELLOW LEAF.
A candid M.P. showeth cause.