Sir, with your leave, I have a word to say to one of these ladies.
_2d Gent_.

If we could be heard-- [_The Ladies pay no attention but to MR.

H_.
_Mr.H_.You see, gentlemen, how the matter stands.

_( Hums an air.)_ I am not my own master: positively I exist and breathe but to be agreeable to these--Did you speak?
_1st Gent_.

And affects absence of mind--Puppy! _Mr.H_.Who spoke of absence of mind; did you, Madam?
How do you do, Lady Wearwell--how do?
I did not see your ladyship before--what was I about to say--O--absence of mind.