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All the rest have gone except the note taker, the gentle her basket, and still pitying herself

in h for her to live without being

worrited and chivied

THE GENTLEMAN [returning to his former place on the note taker's left]

How do you do it, if I may ask?

THE NOTE TAKER Simply phonetics The science of speech That's my

profession; alsoby

his hobby! You can spot an Irishue I

can place any man within six miles I can place him within two miles in

London Soht to be ashamed of hi in that?

THE NOTE TAKER Oh yes Quite a fat one This is an age of upstarts

Men begin in Kentish Toith 80 pounds a year, and end in Park Lane

with a hundred thousand They want to drop Kentish Town; but they give

themselves away every time they open their mouths Now I can teach

them--

THE FLOWER GIRL Let hiirl--

THE NOTE TAKER [explosively] Wo

instantly; or else seek the shelter of some other place of worship

THE FLOWER GIRL [with feeble defiance] I've a right to be here if I