An Alias

Miss Hen: “I demand an explanation! You told me that your name was plain ‘Mr. Rooster,’ and that poet just now addressed you as ‘Chanticleer’!”

Lady (to prospective daily housemaid): “The hours will be from nine to six-thirty, with an hour and a half off for dinner.”

D. H.: “For luncheon, I suppose you mean. And I should have to leave at six, as I always dine at my club and have to dress first.”