Saved the Situation.
A well-known comedian tells this story of how his quick-witted wife once saved him from an awkward situation.
One afternoon, while enjoying a good book in the drawing room, Tiis wife happened to notice a lady whom he particularly detested coming up the front steps.
The actor fled precipitately, leaving his wife to .meet the caller. After a .half-hour had passed, he came out of his studj- and listened at the head of the stairs.
Hearing nothing "below, he called down to his wife :
"Has that horrible old bore gone yet?"
The caller was still there. His wife was equal to the emergency, however, and she calmly called back : "Yes, dear, she went nearly an hour ago. Mrs A. is here now."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2516, 4 June 1902, Page 71
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125Saved the Situation. Otago Witness, Issue 2516, 4 June 1902, Page 71
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