Chapter V: Act I

SCENE--_A grand restaurant. Enter Tommy, a very handsome man, just
back from Oxford._

_Tommy sings:_

Felicia, I love you,
By all the stars above you
I swear you shall be mine!--
And now I'm going to dine.

[_He sits down and orders a bottle of ginger-beer and some
meringues._

_Waiter._ Your dinner, Sir.

_Tommy._ Thank you. And would you ask Mr. Reynolds to come in, if
you see him? (_To the audience_) A week ago I was crossing the
Channel--(_enter Reynolds_)--Oh, here you are, Reynolds! I was just
saying that a week ago I was crossing the Channel when I saw the
most beautiful girl I have ever seen who had lost her umbrella. I
said, "Excuse me, but is this your umbrella?" She said, "Yes."
Reynolds, I sat down and fell in love with her. Her name was
Felicia. And now I must go and see about something. [_Exit._

_Reynolds._ Poor Tommy! An awfully decent chap if ever there was
one. But he will never marry Felicia, because I happen to know her
real name is Phyllis, and she is engaged to Samuel.

(_Recitative._)

She is engaged to Samuel. Poor Tommy,
He does not know she's fond of Samuel.
He _will_ be disappointed when he knows.

CURTAIN.