My wife was a famous actress, and there is a sort of tacit agreement that a lady in the theatrical profession shall be known to the public as 'Miss' rather than 'Mrs.'" "Well, there!" wheezed Tomlin.

"Who'd ever ha' thought it ?" The landlord was not quite rising to the occasion.

He was, in fact, stunned by these repeated shocks.

So Hobbs took charge.
"It's a sad errand you're on, sir," he said.

"Death comes to all of us, man an' beast alike, but it's a terrible thing when a lady like Miss-- Mrs .-- --" "Ingerman is my name, but my wife will certainly be alluded to by the press as Miss Melhuish." "When a lady like Miss Melhuish is knocked on the 'ead like a--" Mr.Hobbs hesitated again.