. Dialogues of the day. one of the three was it? Arthur Maudsley: The eldest. Colonel Fanshawe: And you dont love her? Arthur Maudsley: Not a bit! We were talking,and somehow it happened, and—I should like to goand drown myself, Colonel. Captain Fanshawe: My dear boy, dont be too lowabout it. Youre only an ass. Weve all been that inour day. Every evil has its cure: even Rosa Paignton has. 122 Dialogues of the Day. Arthur Maudsley: But I have asked her to marryme. I cant go back on my word. You would notlike me to, Colonel. Colonel Fanshawe: No, not for worlds: but whena fish is hook
. Dialogues of the day. one of the three was it? Arthur Maudsley: The eldest. Colonel Fanshawe: And you dont love her? Arthur Maudsley: Not a bit! We were talking,and somehow it happened, and—I should like to goand drown myself, Colonel. Captain Fanshawe: My dear boy, dont be too lowabout it. Youre only an ass. Weve all been that inour day. Every evil has its cure: even Rosa Paignton has. 122 Dialogues of the Day. Arthur Maudsley: But I have asked her to marryme. I cant go back on my word. You would notlike me to, Colonel. Colonel Fanshawe: No, not for worlds: but whena fish is hooked foul, he must get off, even if he wrig-gles off. The woman has caught you unfairly. Arthur Maudsley: But what can I do? Colonel Fanshawe : Do ? Why pull yourself together,my boy, and propose to both her sisters too! Turnthe tragedy into a farce. Theres safety in numbers,you know. Then let em fight it out among themselves. Arthur Maudsley: By Jove, sir, its splendid! Thereare still four dances; I wont lose a moment!. L,^1 A COUNTESS—I am a foreigner; I cannot quite do it. Butnot forgotten something else? . have you LOVE-IN LEAP YEAR. By Anthony Hope. THE COMTESSE DE CHATELROUGE. CAPTAIN ANSTRUTHER. Scene; The Countesss drawing-room. Time: Any after?ioon in i8g2. The Captain: And then, if you please, she fell inlove with her music-master. The Countess: Well, my friend, everybody hasmeasles, once. The Captain: Ah, but she married him. The Countess: Mon Die it! What for? The Captain: For life, unhappily. You must, youknow, in England, barring The Countess: [shutting her fan with a click)-. Voila. The Captain: I knew what youd think. The Countess : Of course! But is he very impossible ? The Captain: Well, its a curious thing, but hes adecent enough fellow. Of course, he hadnt a six-pence, and she had three thousand a year. 126 Dialogues of the Day. The Countess: How could she do it? And they arevery unhappy? The Captain: Oh, quite the contrary. You see, allher relations cut h
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