You might blow her away, my lord; you
might blow her away.'
Sir Mulberry seemed to think that it would be a great convenience if the
lady could be blown away. He said, however, that the delight was mutual,
and Lord Verisopht added that it was mutual, whereupon Messrs Pyke and
Pluck were heard to murmur from the distance that it was very mutual
indeed.
'I take an interest, my lord,' said Mrs Wititterly, with a faint smile,
'such an interest in the drama.'
'Ye--es. It's very interesting,' replied Lord Verisopht.
'I'm always ill after Shakespeare,' said Mrs Wititterly. 'I scarcely
exist the next day; I find the reaction so very great after a tragedy,
my lord, and Shakespeare is such a delicious creature.'
'Ye--es!' replied Lord Verisopht. 'He was a clayver man.'
'Do you know, my lord,' said Mrs Wititterly, after a long silence, 'I
find I take so much more interest in his plays, after having been to
that dear little dull house he was born in! Were you ever there, my
lord?'
'No, nayver,' replied Verisopht.
'Then really you ought to go, my lord,' returned Mrs Wititterly, in very
languid and drawling accents.
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