[148]EUSTASIA (alarmed). Leonard, you have a cold?
NICHOLAS. A very nasty cold.
ANNE (coldly). It will be better when he has finished his breakfast.
LEONARD (hurt). I have finished my breakfast. A long time ago.
ANNE. I beg your pardon. (She indicates the towel round his neck) I misunderstood.
LEONARD (pulling it away). I’ve been shaving.
EUSTASIA. But, Leonard dear, I don’t understand. I’ve never known you ill before.
LEONARD. I never have been ill before. But I am ill now. Very ill. And nobody minds. Nobody minds at all. This fellow Latimer invaygles me here—
LATIMER. Inveegles.
LEONARD. I shall pronounce it how I like. It is quite time I asserted myself. I have been too patient. You invaygle me here and purposely give me a cold. You—(pointing accusingly to ANNE)—are entirely unmoved by my sufferings, instead of which you make fun of the very simple breakfast which I had forced myself to eat. You—(to NICHOLAS)—run away with my wife, at a time when I am ill and unable to protect her, and you—(to EUSTASIA)—well, all I can say is that you surprise me, Eustasia, you surprise me. I didn’t think you had it in you.