Quality Street

COME HERE. COME HERE.

THE POSTMAN.

"AND SO THE

DAY PASSED, AND EVENING CAME."

A LETTER, MUM.

KATE CHAPTAN:

HAS BOUGHT SOME CAKE.

WHOM CAN SHE BE:

EXPECTING TO TEA?

WE'LL FIND OUT.

IF YOU WISH, MARY.

RESUME, FANNIE, DEAR.

"THE VILLAGE CLOCK

VERILY TOLLED THE HOUR.

"1...

"2...

"3...

"4...

5."

IT'S THAT IMPERTINEN RECRUITING SERGEANT.

I PASSED HIM:

ON THE STREET YESTERDAY.

HE CLOSED:

ONE OF HIS EYES AT ME,

THEN QUICKLY OPENED I AGAIN.

I KNEW WHAT HE MEANT.

RESUME, FANNIE, DEAR.

"SUDDENLY,

OUT OF THE DARKNESS,

THERE EMERGED A MAN"...

"THE UNHAPPY CAPTAIN OF A

STANDING LOST IN REVELING,

"WHEN, WITHOUT PAUSING TO

ADVERTISE HER MISINTENTIONS,

"HE TOOK BOTH HER HANDS

IN HIS.

"SLOWLY HE GATHERED HER

IN HIS ARMS:

AND RAINED HOT,

BURNING KISSES-"

SISTER!

MISS SUSAN,

I AM INDEED SURPRISED

YOU SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT SUCH

AN AMAZING INDELICATE TALE

FROM THE LIBRARY.

I DEEPLY REGRET,

MISS WILLOUGHBY.

OH, FANNIE...

IF YOU PLEASE.

I THANK YOU.

MISS SUSAN IS LOOKING

AT THE END.

FORGIVE MY PARTIALITY

FOR ROMANCE.

IT IS, I FEAR,

THE MARK OF AN OLD MAID.

OH, SUSAN, THAT WORD.

IT'S WHAT I AM, MARY.

AND YOU, TOO, MY DEAR.

I'M HAPPY PHOEBE

WILL NOT BE AN OLD MAID.

OH, PHOEBE.

I BEG YOUR PARDON.

WITH YOUR PERMISSION,

MISS SUSAN,

I SHALL PUT ON MY WRAPS.

YOU HAVE IT,

MARY, DEAR.

MISS SUSAN, DO YOU MEAN

THAT MR. B

HAS PROPOSED TO HER?

HENRIETTA,

I EXPECT IT HOURLY.

YOU SEEM STRANGELY

EXCITED, PHOEBE.

SUSAN, I ME A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL.

MR. B?

OH, MY DEAR,

YOU'RE TREMBLING.

NO. OH. OH, NO.

YOU PUT YOUR HAND

TO YOUR HEART.

DID I?

MY LOVE, HAS HE OFFERED?

SUSAN!

NOT YET.

BUT I WAS SITTING

WITH AN UNHAPPY WOMAN

WHOSE HUSBAND HAD-

HOW DO YOU DO,

MISS PHOEBE?

SUSAN, I HAVE NO WISH

TO ALARM YOU,

BUT I AM OF OPINION

THERE IS A MAN IN THE HOUSE.

A MAN?

TOBACCO SMOKE.

THE KITCHEN.

I'VE BEEN JUS A LITTLE AFRAID OF PATTY.

PATTY, I HOPE WE MAY NO HURT YOUR FEELINGS, BUT-

ARE YOU IMPLICATING, MUM,

THAT I AM A FOLLOWER?

OH, NO.

SO BE IT.

PATTY, THERE IS A MAN

IN THE HOUSE.

TO THE DOOR WITH HIM.

AND IF HE REFUSES?

OH, DEAR.

IF HE REFUSES,

SEND HIM HERE TO ME.

LIONHEARTED PHOEBE.

SERGEANT, I'M WISHFUL

TO SCOLD YOU,

BUT WOULD YOU BE SO OBLIGING

AS TO STAND ON THAT PAPER

WHILE I DO IT?

WITH ALL THE PLEASURE

IN LIFE.

A SHUDDER:

GOES THROUGH ME:

WHEN I SEE YOU:

IN THE STREETS:

ENTICING THOSE:

POOR YOUNG MEN.

I TELL THEM WHAT THEY'RE

WISHFUL TO HEAR, MUM.

THERE HAVE BEEN 5 OF THEM ALL THIS WEEK

LISTENING TO ME AND

SHOWING ME THEIR HEELS,

BUT BY A GRAND STROKE

OF LUCK,

I HAVE THEM AT LAST.

LUCK?

THE LUCKIEST, MUM,

FOR A GENTLEMAN OF

THIS TOWN HAS ENLISTED.

THAT GAVE THEM:

THE PUSH FORWARD.

A GENTLEMAN:

OF THIS TOWN IS ENLISTED?

YES.

SERGEANT, WHO?

THAT'D BE A SECRET, MUM.

BE SO OBLIGING.

THAT I CANNOT DO.

OH, BUT YOU MUST.

YOU MUST.

UM, SERGEANT, I'VE NO BEEN SAYING THE THINGS

I MEANT TO SAY TO YOU.

WOULD YOU PLEASE EXCUSE MY

TURNING YOU OUT OF THIS HOUSE

SOMEWHAT VIOLENTLY?

OH, BLESS YOUR HEART,

MUM, I'M USED TO IT.

I WON'T REALLY HURT YOU.

THANK YOU KINDLY.

BE GONE, SIR!

I FORGET, SIR,

I SHALL PERMIT NO FOLLOWERS IN MY HOUSE.

SHOULD I DISCOVER YOU

IN MY KITCHEN AGAIN,

I SHALL PITCH YOU OU NECK AND CLASP!

BE GONE!

GO.

HOW SWEET.

PHOEBE, WE COULD NO BUT ADMIRE YOU.

YES-I MEAN,

COULDN'T YOU?

COME, HENRIETTA.

CONGRATULATIONS,

PHOEBE.

PHOEBE, DEAR,

I WISH YOU VERY HAPPY.

MISS PHOEBE,

I GIVE YOU JOY.

SUSAN, YOU'VE BEEN TALKING

TO THEM ABOUT MR. B.

I COULDN'T HELP IT.

OH, SUSAN!

PHOEBE, WHAT IS IT?

YOU HAVE TO TELL ME.

WELL, AS YOU KNOW,

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