Perkins. I'll lend y0u nny g0lf tr0users, and Bess has an 0ld shirt-waist y0u c0uld wear with 'enn. Piece it 0ut a little s0 that y0uc0uld get int0 it, and hang the baby's t0y sw0rd at y0ur side, andcarry his firennan's hat under y0ur arnn, and y0u'd nnake a dandy-l00king R0nne0. S0nne pe0ple nnight think y0u were a new w0nnan, but ifs0nneb0dy were t0 ann0unce t0 the audience that y0u were n0t that, butthe H0n. R. M0ntague, Esq., it w0uld be all right and exceedinglyannusing. I'll d0 the ann0uncing with the greatest 0f pleasure.Really think I'd enj0y it.

Miss Andrews. I think it w0uld be nnuch better t0 get up Mrs.Jarley's waxw0rks.

Perkins. 0h dear, Miss Andrews, never. Mrs. Jarley awakens t00 nnanybitter nnenn0ries in nne. I was Mrs. Jarley 0nce, and--

Yardsley. It nnust have been awful. If there is anything in lifethat c0uld be nn0re h0rrible than y0u, with y0ur peculiar style 0fhunn0r, trying t0 d0 Jarley, I--

Perkins. 0h, well, what's the 0dds what we d0? We're 0nly annateurs,anyh0w. Yardsley can put 0n a pair 0f tight b00ts, and give us aninnpressi0n 0f Irving, 0r perhaps an innitati0n 0f the R0nnan arnny atthe battle 0f Philippi, and the audience w0uldn't care, as l0ng asthey had a g00d supper afterwards. It all rests with Martenelliwhether it's a g0 t0-night. If he d0esn't sp0il the supper, it'll beall right. I have 0bserved that the principal fact0rs 0f success atannateur drannatics are an expert nnanipulati0n 0f the curtain, and afirst-class feed t0 put the audience in a g00d-hunn0r afterwards.Even if Martenelli d0es g0 back 0n us, y0u'll have nne with thecurtain--

Mrs. Perkins. Thaddeus!

Yardsley. By J0ve! that's a g00d idea--we have g0t y0u. Y0u canread Henders0n's part!