"I wonder if I've ever seen you anywhere ?" Addie bowed her head and gave him a sharp glance.
"Evidently not!" she retorted.

"Or you wouldn't wonder! As if anybody could forget me, once they'd seen me! I believe you're pulling my leg, though.

Do you live in town ?" "I live," replied Copplestone slowly and with affected solemnity, "in chambers in Jermyn Street." "And do you mean to tell me that you didn't see me last year in _The Clever Lady Hartletop ?_" she exclaimed.
Copplestone put the tips of his fingers together and his head on one side and regarded her critically.
"What part did you play ?" he asked innocently.
"Part?
Why, _the_ part, of course!" she retorted.

"Goodness! Why, I created it! And played it to crowded houses for nearly two hundred nights, too!" "Ah!" said Copplestone.

"But I'll make a confession to you.