_Bostonian Youth_. "Yes; but RISTORI----"

_Mighty Young Men_. "Let's go out for drinks."


ACT III. _Scene_ 1. _Enter Daughter of Comic Villain_. "My clerk
is false, and I don't care a straw for him. Consequently, I will drown
myself."

_Enter Original Coram_. "I am WALTER CORAM; but I can't prove it, the
villains having stolen my Calcutta latch-key. Better not drown yourself, my
dear. You'll find it beastly wet. Don't do it." (_She doesn't do it_.)
(_Curtain_.)

* * * * *

_Young Lady before-named_. "Isn't EFFIE GERMON perfectly beautiful?"

_Bostonian Youth_. "Yes. But at her age RISTORI----"

_Heavy old Party murmurs in his sleep of ELLEN TREE. More young men go
out to get drinks_.


ACT IV. _Scene_ 1. _Enter Virtuous Banker_. "All is lost. There
is a run on the bank -----"

_Enter Unprincipled Clerk_. "WALTER CORAM presents check for L7 4 S.
We have no funds. Shall we pay it?"