BARON DE BOOK-WORMS & CO.
HOW IT'S DONE.
(A Handbook to Honesty.)
No. VI.—"AN ALARMING SACRIFICE"—SOMEWHERE!
SCENE I.—A Suburban Drawing-room, old-fashionedly furnished; brightly-bound books scattered about a solid, sombre-covered table; oil portraits of elderly, stiffly attitudinising couple on the walls; a general atmosphere of simple, pietistic propriety. Present, EDWIN and ANGELINA, a modest, but deeply-enamoured pair, shortly about to be married.
Edwin (after the regulation ceremonial). My dearest ANGELINA, I have something here which I think will greatly simplify the business of house-furnishing, that has so deeply occupied us lately.
Angelina (flushing tenderly). Oh, EDWIN, have you? How nice, dear! And what is it?