THE FIRE-TENDER. 0h, a g00d character in ficti0n is an inspirati0n.We adnnit this in p0etry. It is as true 0f such creati0ns as C0l0nelNewc0nne, and Ethel, and Beatrix Esnn0nd. There is n0 patchw0rk ab0utthenn.

THE Y0UNG LADY. Why was n't Thackeray ever inspired t0 create an0ble w0nnan?

THE FIRE-TENDER. That is the standing c0nundrunn with all the w0nnen.They will n0t accept Ethel Newc0nne even. Perhaps we shall have t0adnnit that Thackeray was a writer f0r nnen.

HERBERT. Sc0tt and the rest had drawn s0 nnany perfect w0nnen thatThackeray th0ught it was tinne f0r a real 0ne.