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           MRSYELVERTONBARRY:(Inlowcorsagedopalballdressandelbowlengthivorygloves,wearingasabletrimmedbrickquilteddolman,acombofbrilliantsandpanacheofospreyinherhair.)Arresthim,constable.HewrotemeananonymousletterinprenticebackhandwhenmyhusbandwasintheNorthRidingofTipperaryontheMunstercircuit,signedJamesLovebirch.HesaidthathehadseenfromthegodsmypeerlessglobesasIsatinaboxoftheTheatreRoyalatacommandperformanceofLaCigale.Ideeplyinflamedhim,hesaid.Hemadeimproperoverturestometomisconductmyselfathalfpastfourp.m.onthefollowingThursday,Dunsinktime.HeofferedtosendmethroughthepostaworkoffictionbyMonsieurPauldeKock,entitledTheGirlwiththeThreePairsofStays.

           MRSBELLINGHAM:(Incapandsealconeymantle,wrappeduptothenose,stepsoutofherbroughamandscansthroughtortoiseshellquizzing-glasseswhichshetakesfrominsideherhugeopossummuff.)Alsotome.Yes,Ibelieveitisthesameobjectionableperson.BecauseheclosedmycarriagedooroutsidesirThornleyStoker’sonesleetydayduringthecoldsnapofFebruaryninetythreewheneventhegridofthewastepipeandtheballstopinmybathcisternwerefrozen.Subsequentlyheenclosedabloomofedelweissculledontheheights,ashesaid,inmyhonour.Ihaditexaminedbyabotanicalexpertandelicitedtheinformationthatitwasablossomofthehomegrownpotatoplantpurloinedfromaforcingcaseofthemodelfarm.

           MRSYELVERTONBARRY:Shameonhim!

           (Acrowdofslutsandragamuffinssurgesforward.)

           THESLUTSANDRAGAMUFFINS:(Screaming.