SATIRICAL PERSON, _to one of the ushers._ "Will you tell me what street
this house is in?"

USHER. "Twenty-fourth street, sir."

SATIRICAL PERSON. "All right. You see I came up in a University Place
car, and I was beginning to think, after having seen that last scene,
that I had made a mistake, and gone down town instead of up town."

RESPECTABLE LADY, _to female friend._ "Isn't it shockingly improper! But
then it is so interesting, and it is really one's duty to know how those
creatures conduct themselves when they are at home."

ACT II.--_Scene,_ CLOTILDE's _Garden._ CLOTILDE _soliloquizes as
follows:_

CLOTILDE. "I have adopted FERNANDE and shall call her MARGUERITE. ANDRE
has deceived me, and I will test his love at once." (_Enter_ ANDRE.)

CLOTILDE. "ANDRE, I think we have made a mistake in fancying ourselves
in love. Would you like to leave me?"

ANDRE. "My dearest friend, I really think I should. You see I have just
fallen in love with an innocent little angel. By Jove! there she is.
Tell me her name."

CLOTILDE. "That is MARGUERITE, a protege of mine. You shall marry her.
Go and make love to her." (_He goes._)

CLOTILDE. "The base wretch deserts me. I will proceed to become a