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SCENE. -- _Garden of the Hotel Victoria at Bingen, commanding a view of the Rhine and the vine-terraced hills, which are bathed in warm afternoon sunlight. Under the mopheaded acacias_, CULCHARD _and_ PODBURY _are sitting smoking. At a little distance from them, are a Young Married Couple, whose honeymoon is apparently in its last quarter._
THE BRIDEGROOM (_lazily, to Bride, as she draws another chair towards her for a foot-rest_). How many _more_ chairs do you want?