Lawton: "Ah, that's what these brilliant anecdotes never tell. And I think it would be very interesting to know what the victim of a witticism has to say."
Mrs. Curwen: "I should think you would know very often, Doctor."
Lawton: "Ah, now I should like to know what the victim of a compliment says!"
Mrs. Curwen: "He bows his thanks." Dr. Lawton makes a profound obeisance, to which Mrs. Curwen responds in burlesque.
Miller: "We all envy you, Doctor."
Mrs. Miller: "Oh yes. Mrs. Curwen never makes a compliment without meaning it."
Mrs. Curwen: "I can't say that quite, my dear. I should be very sorry to mean all the civil things I say. But I never flatter gentlemen of a certain age."
Mrs. Miller, tittering ineffectively: "I shall know what to say to Mr. Miller after this."
Mrs. Crashaw: "Well, if you haven't got the man, Mrs. Somers, you have got his picture, haven't you?"
Mrs. Somers: "Yes; it's on my writing-desk in the library. Let me—"