Serlo.
[Getting up.] Not at all, sir. I thought I’d go and have a look at the party.
Jack Straw.
Do go and pretend you’re me, there’s a good fellow, and shake hands with some of those confounded people. You’ll see where I ought to stand, because there’s a little piece of red carpet on the lawn.
Serlo.
I’m afraid they’re not takin’ any of me, sir.
[Exit.
Jack Straw.
The only advantage I’ve ever been able to find in being a royal personage is that when anybody’s in your way you just tell him to go, and he goes.
Ethel.