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Page 42
QUEX.
[_Dryly._] Well, there you have a little something to discuss at
home--before, and, perhaps, after marriage.
POLLITT.
I consider the custom of ladies manicuring gentlemen one that may
occasionally lead to undue familiarity, my lord.
QUEX.
I am inclined to agree with you, sir.
POLLITT.
And I shall do all I can to persuade Miss Fullgarney to relinquish
active participation in the business.
QUEX.
The palmistry profession is a flourishing one at present, eh, Mr. Valma?
POLLITT.
[_Loftily._] My engagement-book is always full. I have disappointed
several ladies by coming here this afternoon.
QUEX.
Poor women! Nevertheless, pray be careful how you slight the manicure
trade. Crazes die, you know--nails grow.
POLLITT.
[_Tapping his breast._] I think _we_ have come to stay, my lord.
QUEX.
[_Lightly._] Well, you're sailing pretty close to the wind, remember,
you fellows.
POLLITT.
My lord!
QUEX.
[_Replacing his newspaper upon the table._] And if some day you should
find yourselves in the police-court, alongside a poor old woman whose
hand has been crossed with a threepenny-bit down an area--
_The_ DUCHESS _appears on the further side of the low cypress-hedge. She
is dressed for dinner. The sky is now faintly rosy, and during the
ensuing scene it deepens into a rich sunset._
QUEX.
We are going to have a flaming sunset, Duchess.
DUCHESS.
Superb.
POLLITT.
[_Haughtily._] I wish you good evening, my lord.
QUEX.
Oh, good evening, Mr. Valma. [_To himself._] Impudent beggar!
[POLLITT _walks away. After watching his going, the_ DUCHESS _comes
eagerly forward._
DUCHESS.
[_Her hand upon her heart._] Oh! I am here, Harry!
QUEX.
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