Jack Straw: A Farce in Three Acts

by W. Somerset Maugham

[In an aside to Jack Straw.] Try and behave like a gentleman.

Enter Count Adrian von Bremer and Withers.

Jack Straw.

My dear Count!

Count.

This is a welcome surprise, sir.

Jack Straw.

You know my hostess?

Count.

[Shaking hands with Mrs. Parker-Jennings.] How do you do?