The last village maid on the right in my illustration – Lady Jane, older than all the other groupies – accompanies herself on the cello in the show, a very funny scene. As I composed the drawing I wasn’t sure if she should be shown sawing away:
– but then decided it would be funnier if she was part of the wave of maidens that chase Bunthorne around town, with her instrument swept along in the riptide of affection:
