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BRIGHTLY.

I thank you, Miss Vane, for reminding me of the purpose which brought me here; and the more so, that it is to hold judgment on yourself. But it cannot be done in this informal lazy manner; let every body stand round me, that I may open the proceedings with official decorum.

[They all rise from the tea-table and arrange themselves on the front of the Stage.]

Latitia Vane, Spinster, is called for.

LATITIA.

Present in the court.

BRIGHTLY.

You compeer before me, charged with high crimes and misdemeanors committed against the King's liege subject, Sir Cameron Kunliffe, Baronet, tending to the great injury of his character, to the impeding his usefulness in the country, and to the destroying of his influence in social society.

LATITIA (holding up her hands).

What a wicked creature I must be! But how do you make it to appear against me, my Lord Justice?

BRIGHTLY.

It is proved against the defendant, that on the