DOROTHY was on the Thames. There came to her ARMAND.
"Will you never publish our contemplated marriage?" she asked.
"How can I, child?" he replied. "How can I reveal the secret when your
mother is not well enough to hear the news?"
It was his solitary anecdote.
She sighed, and then came a steam-launch. It contained Lady VIOLET,
the other characters, lunch, and (played off) the "_Intermezzo_."
Then ARMAND preferred to flirt with Lady VIOLET to DOROTHY.
"What nonsense!" thought DOROTHY.
And her thoughts found an echo in the breasts of the audience.