THE PARS0N. What's the use of objecting? It's the fashion of theday to amuse people into the kingdom of heaven.

HERBERT. The Parson has got us off the track. My notion about thestage is, that it keeps along pretty evenly with the rest of theworld; the stage is usually very up to the level of the audience.Assumed dress on the stage, since you were speaking of that, makespeople no more constrained and self-conscious than it does off thestage.

THE MISTRESS. What sarcasm is coming now?