"A rat-catcher," I murmured to myself. "Where is the rat? The rat is on the mat. The cat is on the rat. The bat is on the cat. The——"
"Mr Derry will go through your part with you to-morrow. Some of it is funnier than that."
"The electrical engineer? What do they know about rat-catching?"
"Nothing, only——"
"Aha! Now I see who your mysterious Mr Derry is. He is going to coach us."
"He is. You've found it out at last. How bright green sweets make you."
"They have to be really bright green sweets. Poor man! What a job he'll have with us all."
"Yes," said Myra, as she prepared to leave me. "Now you know why he doesn't get up till ten."
"In the rat-catching business," I said thoughtfully, as I opened the door, "the real rush comes in the afternoon. Rat-catchers in consequence never get up till ten-thirty. Do you know," I decided, "I am quite beginning to like my little part."