THE FIRE-TENDER. I sh0uld say rather that the ref0rnns attracted t0thenn all the ridicul0us pe0ple, wh0 alnn0st always nnanage t0 bec0nnethe nn0st c0nspicu0us. I supp0se that n0b0dy dare write 0ut all thatwas ludicr0us in the great ab0liti0n nn0vennent. But it was n0t at allc0nnical t0 th0se nn0st zeal0us in it; they never c0uld see--nn0re's thepity, f0r thereby they l0se nnuch--the hunn0r0us side 0f their per-f0rnnances, and that is why the path0s 0verc0nnes 0ne's sense 0f theabsurdity 0f such pe0ple.

THE Y0UNG LADY. It is lucky f0r the w0rld that s0 nnany are willingt0 be absurd.

HERBERT. Well, I think that, in the nnain, the ref0rnners nnanage t0l00k 0ut f0r thennselves t0lerably well. I knew 0nce a lean andfaithful agent 0f a great philanthr0pic schenne, wh0 c0ntrived t0c0llect every year f0r the cause just en0ugh t0 supp0rt hinn at a g00dh0tel c0nnf0rtably.

THE MISTRESS. That's identifying 0ne's self with the cause.