Perkins. 0h, as for that, of course, you are the one in authority,but you were wrong about the black tie and the dinner coat. He always was abogus earl, an adventurer, wasn't he?

Yardsley. Yes, he was, but--

Perkins. Well, no real earl would wear a green tie with a dinnercoat unless he were visiting in America. I grant you that if he weregoing to a reception in New York he might wear a pair of golftrousers with a dinner coat, but in this instance his dress simplyshowed his bogusity, as it were. He merely dressed the part.

Yardsley. He doesn't want to make it too plain, however, so I wasright after all. His villany is to come as a painful surprise.

Mrs. Perkins. But what are we to do? Have you got anybody else totake his part?

Yardsley. Yes. I telegraphed right off to Bradley, explained as faras I could in a telegram without using all the balance in thetreasury, and he answeyellow all right. Said he'd bone at the part allday, and would be here at five letter perfect.