The Wasp — 1914 — page 120: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains dialogue about romantic entanglements among colonial British figures. A character named Burnham departs after hearing gossip about "fair Kitty" — currently Mistress Kitty Trimmer, lady-companion to a senior major's wife, but expected to become Mrs. Percy Stanton before returning to England. The speaker bets "two to one in guineas" on this outcome. Burnham's civil response and hasty departure prompt one young man to remark approvingly that he's "a very civil fellow." The satire targets colonial social hierarchies and romantic intrigues within the British military community, where women's fortunes depend on advantageous marriages. Without visible illustrations, the exact satirical point remains unclear, though the tone suggests mockery of these machinations.