"First rehearsal next Monday.

Here he is at me again to make the engagement renewable after Christmas.

What an old fool he must be not to guess why I dont want to be engaged next spring! Just look at the _Times_, Bob, and see if the piece is advertized yet." "I should think so, by Jupiter," said Marmaduke, patiently interrupting his meal to open the newspaper.
"Here is a separate advertisement for everybody.

'The latest Parisian success.

_La petite Maison du Roi._ Music by M.de Jongleur.