"Listeners never hear any good of themselves, but, oh! the opportunity was irresistible.

So Doctor Guy Oleander is going to propose, and Mollie Dane is to say 'yes' on the impulse of the moment, and Mamma Blanche is to make her stick to her word! And it's all to happen after the polka quadrille! Very well; I'm ready.

If Doctor Oleander and his cousin don't find their match, my name's not Mollie!" Miss Dane consulted her jeweled tablets, and discovered that the polka quadrille was the very next in order.
Shaking out her rosy skirts, she fluttered away, mercilessly bent on manslaughter.

Every one made way for the daughter of the house, and in a moment she was beside Dr.Oleander, holding up the inlaid tablets, and smiling her brightest in his dazzled eyes.
"Such disgraceful conduct, Doctor Oleander! I have been searching for you everywhere.

I appeal to you, Colonel Marshland; he engaged me for this quadrille.