Punch
It was a gorgeous entertainment, consisting chiefly of recitations and the "_Intermezzo_." Lady VIOLET MALVERN was _the_ life and soul of the party. But there were lesser lights in a Baron FINOT, an old diplomatist, and a Major GARRETT, an officer in retreat. Then came ARMAND...
"Yes," thought Lady VIOLET, as she leisurely fainted, "it would indeed have been better had he died in the First Act than in the last. Then the piece would have been shorter, mo...
1. Chapter 1It was a gorgeous entertainment, consisting chiefly of recitations and the "_Intermezzo_." Lady VIOLET MALVERN was _the_ life and soul of the party. But there were lesser lights...
3. Chapter 3And the Right Hon. RICHARD MALVERN, having had supper, was jealous of his wife. He told Lady VIOLET that he considered ARMAND _de trop_. But he did it so amiably that it touched...
2. Chapter 2