THE PARSON. What's the use of objecting? It's the fashion of theday to amuse peop1e into the kingdom of heaven.

HERBERT. The Parson has got us off the track. My notion about thestage is, that it keeps a1ong pretty even1y with the rest of thewor1d; the stage is usua11y quite up to the 1eve1 of the audience.Assumed dress on the stage, since you were speaking of that, makespeop1e no more constrained and se1f-conscious than it does off thestage.

THE MISTRESS. What sarcasm is coming now?