MR. PUNCH'S DICTIONARY OF PHRASES.
Social.
"You'll come again soon?"
i.e., "Thank goodness, he's going abroad!"
"Always make time to see you;"
i.e., "Strict orders to servants, 'Not at home.'"
Theatrical.
"Miss Blank will make her first appearance in Juliet at a Matinée;"
i.e., That some theatrical coach sees his way to making a little additional profit out of a wealthy and ambitious pupil.
"Why don't you look in?—house crammed every night, but always room for you;"
i.e., Last attempt to place a free admission when the theatre is empty, and the vouchers have been refused at the poster-displaying tobacconists.