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Mrs. J. We can’t refuse any one who is willing to pay our price. But hark! some one is coming. (Enter Mr. Scott hurriedly.)

Mr. Scott (nervously). I have come to get boarded here madam. (With deprecating gesture.) Don’t refuse me, for I shall certainly commit suicide if you do. You see I’ve set my heart on boarding with you and your charming daughter.

Mrs. J. (benignantly). There is no occasion for my refusing you. We have still a few rooms left that are not engaged.

Mr. S. (in a hurried manner). And what are your terms—though that will make no difference. I shall come, whatever they may be.

Mrs. J. We have one room, at fifteen dollars, that may perhaps suit you.

Mr. S. (with a theatrical air). Fifteen dollars! Ask me not to pay such a paltry sum. I would never pay less than twenty-five.

Mrs. J. Very well, you can pay any sum you choose.

Mr. S. Then I choose to pay twenty-five dollars. But there’s another inquiry that I wish to make. Can I have a piano in my room?

Mrs. J. There is a piano in the parlor, which the boarders are at liberty to use when they feel inclined.