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observe Scythrop, who was doing as she described.)
THE HONORABLE MR. LISTLESS.
You are pleased to be facetious, Miss O'Carroll. The lady would infallibly conclude that I was the greatest brute in town.
MARIONETTA.
Far from it. She would say, perhaps, some people have odd methods of showing their affection.
THE HONORABLE MR. LISTLESS.
But I should think, with submission—
MR. FLOSKY,
(joining them from another part of the room.)
Did I not hear Mr. Listless observe, that Dante is becoming fashionable?
THE HONORABLE MR. LISTLESS.
I did hazard a remark to that effect, Mr. Flosky, though I speak on such subjects
