The things we do!

Do tell it me, that I may write it to his odious
psalm-singing mother."
Doctor H.'s face does indeed wear a knowing look. He simpers and says, "I
did see Lord Kew driving this morning, first with the Honourable Mr.
Belsize, and afterwards"--here he glances towards Lady Julia, as if to
say, "Before an unmarried lady, I do not like to tell your ladyship with
whom I saw Lord Kew driving, after he had left the Honourable Mr.
Belsize, who went to play a match with Captain Huxtable at tennis."
"Are you afraid to speak before Julia?" cries the elder lady. "Why, bless
my soul, she is forty years old, and has heard everything that can be
heard. Tell me about Kew this instant, Doctor H."
The Doctor blandly acknowledges that Lord Kew had been driving Madame
Pozzoprofondo, the famous contralto of the Italian Opera, in his phaeton,
for two hours, in the face of all Brighton.
"Yes, Doctor," interposes Lady Julia, blushing; "but Signor Pozzoprofondo
was in the carriage too--a-a-sitting behind with the groom.


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