YoutalkofGaietyandInnocence！
Themomentwhenthefatalfruitwaseaten，Theypartedne’ertomeetagain:andMaliceHaseversincebeenplaymatetolightGaiety，FromthefirstmomentwhenthesmilinginfantDestroystheflowerorbutterflyhetoyswith，Tothelastchuckleofthedyingmiser，WhoonhisdeathbedlaughshislasttohearHiswealthyneighbourhasbecomeabankrupt。
OldPlay。
SirKennethwasleftforsomeminutesalone，andindarkness。
Herewasanotherinterruption，whichmustprolonghisabsencefromhispost，andhebeganalmosttorepentthefacilitywithwhichhehadbeeninducedtoquitit。ButtoreturnwithoutseeingtheLadyEdith，wasnownottobethoughtof。Hehadcommittedabreachofmilitarydiscipline，andwasdeterminedatleasttoprovetherealityoftheseductiveexpectationswhichhadtemptedhimtodoso。Meanwhile，hissituationwasunpleasant。Therewasnolighttoshowhimintowhatsortofapartmenthehadbeenled-theLadyEdithwasinimmediateattendanceontheQueenofEngland-andthediscoveryofhishavingintroducedhimselfthusfurtivelyintotheroyalpavilion，might，wereitdiscovered，leadtomuchanddangeroussuspicion。Whilehegavewaytotheseunpleasantreflections，andbeganalmosttowishthathecouldachievehisretreatunobserved，heheardanoiseoffemalevoiceslaughing，whispering，andspeaking，inanadjoiningapartment，fromwhich，asthesoundsgavehimreasontojudge，hecouldonlybeseparatedbyacanvaspartition。Lampswereburning，ashemightperceivebytheshadowylightwhichextendeditselfeventohissideoftheveilwhichdividedthetent，andhecouldseeshadesofseveralfiguressittingandmovingintheadjoiningapartment。ItcannotbetermeddiscourtesyinSirKenneth，that，situatedashewas，heoverheardaconversation，inwhichhefoundhimselfdeeplyinterested。