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[_Exit hurriedly, after kissing his hand. The Footmen
reappear, and take away the large box. Applause, and Curtain._
There, my dear _Mr. Punch_, is the rough idea. I feel sure it could be
carried through with the greatest possible advantage.
Believe me, yours most truly, AN EARNEST PATRIOT.
* * * * *
THE QUEEN OF MAN-O'ER-BOARD.
_A NOVEL IN LITTLE FROM A DRAMA IN FULL._
CHAPTER I.--_LADY VIOLET MALVERN AT HOME._
It was a gorgeous entertainment, consisting chiefly of recitations
and the "_Intermezzo_." Lady VIOLET MALVERN was _the_ life and soul
of the party. But there were lesser lights in a Baron FINOT, an old
diplomatist, and a Major GARRETT, an officer in retreat. Then came
ARMAND SEVARRO. He was an adventurer, and a friend of Baron FINOT, and
had a solitary anecdote.
"I am going to be married to a young lady of the name of DOROTHY
BLAIR, but cannot reveal the secret, because her mother is not well
enough to hear the news."
Then ARMAND met Lady VIOLET.
"I dreamed years ago of going to the City of Manoa to find its queen.
I have found her this evening."
"And she is--?" queried Lady VIOLET.
"You!" hissed the Brazilian (he was a Brazilian), and departed.
"What folly!" murmured Lady VIOLET, in the moonlight.
And many agreed with her.
CHAPTER II.--_THE GARDEN OF DOROTHY BLAIR._
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.
CHAPTER III.--_SMOKE IN THE SMOKING-ROOM._
And the Right Hon. RICHARD MALVERN, having had supper, was jealous of
his wife. He told Lady VIOLET that he considered ARMAND _de trop_. But
he did it so amiably that it touched Lady VIOLET deeply.
"I will send ARMAND away," she replied. Then she told the Brazilian
that it was his duty to stay away until his engagement was announced.
"But how can it be announced?" he replied, repeating his solitary
anecdote. "I am engaged to a young lady, but I cannot reveal the
secret, because her mother is not well enough to hear the news."
Then Lady VIOLET bade him, haughtily, adieu! He departed, but
returned, accompanied by the "_Intermezzo_." Then--probably at the
suggestion of the music--she hugged him. Then he left her.
"This is very wearisome," murmured Lady VIOLET.
And the audience agreed with her.
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