| “Mr. Ledbury.” |
Mr. Ledbury is “presented to a bouquet with a young lady attached to it”—a Miss Hamilton—who freezes him completely. A quadrille is formed. Mr. Ledbury cudgels his brains for five minutes. The young partner seems to be “searching after some imaginary object amongst the petals of her bouquet.” The mountainous Ledbury brain is in labour. Behold the production!
“Mr. L. ‘Have you been to many parties this season?’
“Miss H. ‘Not a great many.’
Miss Hamilton continues the bouquet investigation. The gentleman invents another sentence.
“Mr. L. ‘What do you think of Alfred Tennyson?’
“Miss H. ‘I am sorry to say I have not heard his poetry. Have you?’
| “Mr. Ledbury and Miss Hamilton.” |
“Mr. L. ‘Oh yes! several times.”