I particularly wish you to observe the effect of light on those
cliffs--it's well worth your while.
_Miss T._ Why, certainly, it's a view that does you infinite credit.
Oh, you _didn't_ take any hand in the arrangement? But ain't you
afraid if you go around patting the scenery on the head this way,
you'll have the lake overflow?
_Bob. P._ Ha-ha-ha! One in the eye for _you_, CULCHARD!
_Culch._ (_with dignity_). Surely one may express a natural enthusiasm
without laying oneself open--?
_Miss T._ Gracious, yes! I should hope you wouldn't want to show your
enthusiasm _that_ way--like a Japanese nobleman!
_Culch._ (_to himself_). Now that's coarse--_really_
coarse!--(_Aloud._)--I seem to be unable to open my mouth now without
some ridiculous distortion--
_Miss T._ My!--but that's a serious symptom--isn't it? You don't feel
like you were going to have lock-jaw, do you, Mr. CULCHARD?
[_CULCHARD falls back to the rear once more. Later--Mr.
VAN BOODELER has joined the party; HYPATIA has contrived
to detach her brother, CULCHARD has sought refuge with
PODBURY._
_Miss T._ (_to VAN B._). So that's what kept you? "Well, it sounds
just too enchanting.
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