Ever since we met in Egypt that winter,
mamma and I have always felt you were one of our best friends.
MRS. CULLINGHAM. Of course you know it isn't for _my own_ sake I'm doing
these stunts to get into Society. It's all for _my boy_. He's _got_ to
have the best--or the _worst_, however you look at it! [_Laughing._]
Anyway, I want him to have a chance at it, and it belongs to him through
his father, for my first husband was a real swell!
[_Looking at PETER lovingly._
[_At this moment, PETER, having again looked at his watch, tips up the
powder on his tongue, and swallows it down with the water._
MRS. CULLINGHAM. Poor darling! He suffers terribly from indigestion.
That's an alkali powder he takes twenty minutes after eating. Peter, we
must say good-by now.
PETER. [_Coming up._] Good-by, Miss Jinny.
MRS. CULLINGHAM. _Mrs. Austin!_
JINNY. Oh, I'll always be "Miss Jinny" to Peter!
PETER. Thank you! We've had a great time at your wedding! _Bully food!_
But I'm _feeling_ it! [_He turns aside._] Excuse me!
MRS. CULLINGHAM. I was just telling Mrs. Austin--
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