LEONARD. You!... You don’t mean——

[144]NICHOLAS. Yes, I do.

LEONARD. You lost your luggage?

NICHOLAS. Yes.

LEONARD. You woke up with a cold?

NICHOLAS. Yes.... Horrid, sneezing when you’re all covered with soap.

LEONARD (excitedly). I say, that fellow—what’s ’is name—didn’t drop your clothes in the bath?

NICHOLAS. Oh, rather.... Damned smart chap, Latimer.

LEONARD. Damned scoundrel.

NICHOLAS. Oh no. He’s quite right. One learns a lot down here.