Part 15

Why----?

BLAND.

You know I've given you nothing, not even a penny nosegay.

JIMMIE.

Ha, ha, ha!

LILY.

BLAND.

The funds are too low. [Replacing his eyeglass.] I did go so far as to price a bangle at Sellby's, but that was before a certain event yesterday.

JIMMIE.

What horses did you back, Vincent? I won a fiver, through Jerry Grimwood.

ROPER.

BLAND.

LILY.

MRS. UPJOHN.

Oh, dear, wot a child!

LILY.

Vin.

BLAND.

LILY.

BLAND.

Cooling had a tip from the stable----

LILY.

Cooling! Morrie Cooling has no children; only a fat wife. You've a darling little wife and three kiddies. How much did you drop yesterday?

BLAND.

Shan't say.

LILY.

VON RETTENMAYER.

LILY.