Very likely. Why not change Eleven for a square?
CAPT. G. No, please! I want them both waltzes. Won't you write
them down?
Miss T. J don't get so many dances that I shall confuse them. You
will be the offender.
CAPT. G. Wait and see! (Aside.) She doesn't dance perfectly,
perhaps, but
Miss T. Your tea must have got cold by this time. Won't you have
another cup?
CAPT. G. No, thanks. Don't you think it's pleasanter out in the
veranda? (Aside.) I never saw hair take that color in the sunshine
before. (Aloud.) It's like one of Dicksee's pictures.
Miss T. Yes I It's a wonderful sunset, isn't it? (Bluntly.) But what
do you know about Dicksee's pictures?
CAPT. G. I go Home occasionally. And I used to know the
Galleries. (Nervously.) You mustn't think me only a Philistine
with-a moustache.
Miss T. Don't! Please don't. I'm so sorry for what I said then. I was
horribly rude. It slipped out before j thought. Don't you know the
temptation to say frightful and shocking things just for the mere
sake of saying them? I'm afraid I gave way to it.
CAPT. G. (Watching the girl as she flushes.) I think I know the
feeling. It would be terrible if we all yielded to it, wouldn't it? For
instance, I might say-POOR DEAR MAMMA.
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