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. Well, are we ready for the theatre? [To ] I am sorry you are not coming.

. No, I am obliged to refuse.

. [Aside to ] Yes, you are obliged to refuse, but you are not obliged to say so.

. [To ] You must excuse me, as I cannot leave our guests.

. [To ] Perhaps you would like to come along?

. No, I must drop in at the club. The ladies will remain with Isabel; I shall dismiss the carriage immediately.

. I, too, must tear myself away, as I rise early. To-morrow is my busiest day.

. Is it? Let me have your itinerary, as I may catch a glimpse of you when you get up.

. Do you expect to rise early.?

. I expect not to go to bed.

. Most unlikely. I shall stop first at the bank, where I have some drafts to indorse.

. Do not look for me at the bank. It would seem unveracious.

. I attend a conference next and then fly to the soup-kitchen.

. We may meet at the soup-kitchen one of these days.

. Next… ah! I forgot to take San Antonio his share of the lottery. I purchased a ticket and we won—or rather, it was the tenth part of a ticket.

. Have you been playing the lottery.?

. The prize was merely nominal—thirty pesetas.

. How much are you allowing the saint?

. Two pesetas, poor dear! He is charity itself.

. Did you let him in when you sold that last block