We might sit at the back of the box, and put our fingers in
our ears when you signalled to us.
_Mrs. Grundy_. Well, as you say, the Boat-Race Scene is excellent, and
as for impropriety, we must ignore it.
[_Exeunt to get places for Drury Lane._
NOW. _Scene as before, Time and situation as before, Company
as before_.
_Eldest Miss G._ Oh, Mother darling, do take us to see _Formosa_ at
Drury Lane!
_Mrs. Grundy_. Certainly. I hear the Boat-Race Scene beats the record.
_Second Miss G._ It is simply magnificent, and the dialogue is so
interesting. Twenty years ago they said it was improper! As IBSEN
would observe, "Only fancy that!"
_Mrs. Grundy_. Did they? Well, as you say, the Boat-Race Scene is
excellent; and as for the impropriety,--in these days of _Ghosts,
Pillars of Society_, and _Dancing Girls_, we haven't time to notice
it!
[_Exeunt to get places for Drury Lane._
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LEAVES FROM A CANDIDATE'S DIARY.
_Billsbury, Thursday, May 22_.--Came down here yesterday, to stay
for a fortnight on end. Four meetings have been arranged in different
wards, and a good deal of time is to be devoted to canvassing.
Pleasant prospect! Begin to think that, on the whole, it was easier
work to wear an occasional wig in the Law Courts, or to sit in
Chambers, planning imaginary Law-books.
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