Collected works > Edinburgh edition, 1894-98 - Works of Robert Louis Stevenson > Volume 28, 1898 - Appendix

THE CHARITY BAZAAR
travel somewhere on business, you would choose the prettiest
route, and desire pleasant companions by the way. And why
not show the same spirit in giving alms ?
The Ingenuous Public. — Sir, I am profoundly indebted to
you for all you have said. I am, Sir, your absolute convert.
The Wife. — Let us lose no time, but enter the Charity
Bazaar.
The Ingenuous Public. — Yes ; let us enter the Charity
Bazaar.
Both {singing). — Let us enter, let us enter, let us enter,
Let us enter the Charity Bazaar !
(An interval is supposed to elapse. The Ingenuous Public
and his Wife are discovered issuing from the Charity
Bazaar.)
The Wife. — How fortunate you should have brought your
cheque-book !
The Ingenuous Public. — Well, fortunate in a sense. (Address-
ing the Tout) — Sir, I shall send a van in the course of the
afternoon for the little articles I have purchased. I shall not
say good-bye ; because I shall probably take a lift in the front
seat, not from any solicitude, believe me, about the little
articles, but as the last opportunity I may have for some time
of enjoying the costly entertainment of a drive.
The Scene Closes