Algy. I do.
Uninvited M. But do you mean to say that Mrs. CRAMMERLY has heard—
Jack. No. She's deaf. [Laughter.
Uninvited M. Well, you do surprise me! (After a long pause.) Any other shining lights of London Society?
Jack. No—except that fearful Mrs. JUSSOPH and her daughters, who honoured me with an invitation to their afternoon party at their suburban residence at West Kensington. I don't know whether you regard them as an illumination. [Roars of laughter.
Uninvited M. (triumphantly.) Good gracious! Then there was positively no one there that one knows.
Algy (thinking he has said something original). No one, that one wants to know.
Uninvited M. I suppose the whole thing was done for an advertisement—?
Algy. Possibly. Anyhow, once bitten, twice shy. They won't get me inside their stuccoed palace again.
Chorus of Those who were at the Party. Same here! [Pause.