THE PARSON. But you need n't ta1k of nature or natura1ness in actingor in anything. I te11 you nature is poor stuff. It can't go a1one.Amateur acting--they get it up at church sociab1es nowadays--is aptto be as near nature as a schoo1-boy's dec1amation. Acting is theDevi1's art.

THE MISTRESS. Do you object to such innocent amusement?

MANDEVILLE. What the Parson objects to is, that he isn't amused.