KATE (reproachfully). Dennis!
DENNIS. I think you should call me Mr. Camberley.
KATE (with a smile). Mr. Camberley.
DENNIS. That's better. Now our courtship begins. (Bowing low) Madam,
will you do me the great honour of dining with me this evening?
KATE (curtseying). I shall be charmed.
DENNIS. Then let us hasten. The carriage waits.
KATE (holding up the two hats). Which of these two chapeaux do you
prefer, Mr. Camberley?
DENNIS. Might I express a preference for the black one with the pink
roses?
KATE. It is very elegant, is it not? (She puts it on.)
DENNIS. Vastly becoming, upon my life. . . . I might mention that I am
staying at the club. Is your ladyship doing anything to-morrow?
KATE. Nothing of any great importance.
(He offers his arm and she takes it.)
DENNIS (as they go to the door). Then perhaps I may be permitted to
call round to-morrow morning about eleven, and make inquiries as to
your ladyship's health.
KATE. It would be very obliging of you, sir.
[They go out together.
THE ROMANTIC AGE
A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS
CHARACTERS
HENRY KNOWLE.
MARY KNOWLE (his wife).
MELISANDE (his daughter).
JANE BAGOT (his niece).
BOBBY COOTE.
GERVASE MALLORY.
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