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SCENE -- _The Library of a Country-House; the tables and chairs are heaped with brocades, draperies, and properties of all kinds, which the Ladies of the company are trying on, while the men rack their brains for a suitable Word._ _In a secluded corner_, MR. NIGHTINGALE _and_ MISS ROSE _are conversing in whispers_.
MR. WHIPSTER (_Stage-Manager and Organizer -- self-appointed_). No -- but I say, _really_, you know, we _must_ try and decide on something -- we've been out half-an-hour, and the people will be getting impatient! (_To the Ladies._) Do come and help; it's really no use dressing up till we've settled what we're going _to do_. Can't _anybody_ think of a good Word?