Jack Straw: A Farce in Three Acts

by W. Somerset Maugham

Enter Ethel and Lord Serlo.

Mrs. Parker-Jennings.

[Very affably.] Has Ethel been taking you for a walk, dear Lord Serlo?

Serlo.

Yes, we’ve been for a little stroll, don’t you know.

Mrs. Parker-Jennings.

I do ’ope she ’asn’t tired you. She’s such a walker, ain’t you, my dear?

Serlo.

My idea of goin’ for a walk is sitting on a gate, don’t you know.

Mrs. Parker-Jennings.