TU QUOQUE. AN IDYL IN THE CONSERVATORY. "--romprons-nous, Ou ne romprons-nous pas?" LE DEPIT AMOUREUX. NELLIE. F I were you, when ladies at the play, sir, IF Beckon and nod, a melodrama through, I would not turn abstractedly away, sir, If I were you! FRANK. If I were you, when persons I affected, Wait for three hours to take me down to Kew, I would, at least, pretend I recollected, If I were you! TU QUOQUE. NELLIE. If I were you, when ladies are so lavish, Sir, as to keep me every waltz but two, I would not dance with odious Miss M'Tavish, If I were you! FRANK. If I were you, who vow you cannot suffer Whiff of the best,--the mildest "honey-dew," I would not dance with smoke-consuming Puffer, If I were you! NELLIE. If I were you, I would not, sir, be bitter, Even to write the "Cynical Review; " FRANK. No, I should doubtless find flirtation fitter, If I were you! TU QUOQUE. NELLIE. Really! You would? Why, Frank, you're quite delightful,- Hot as Othello, and as black of hue: Borrow my fan. I would not look so frightful, FRANK. "It is the cause." I mean your chaperon is Bringing some well-curled juvenile. Adieu! I shall retire. I'd spare that poor Adonis, If I were you! NELLIE. Go, if you will. At once! And by express, sir! Go. I should leave inquirers my address, sir. If I were you! TU QUOQUE. FRANK. No, I remain. To stay and fight a duel Seems, on the whole, the proper thing to doAh, you are strong, I would not then be cruel, If I were you! NELLIE. One does not like one's feelings to be doubted,— FRANK. One does not like one's friends to miscon- · strue, NELLIE. If I confess that I a wee-bit pouted? FRANK. I should admit that I was piqué, too. NELLIE. Ask me to dance. I'd say no more about it, If I were you! [Waltz-Exeunt.] |