EUSTASIA. Ah, but your temperature has gone up again.
NICHOLAS. I expect that’s only because the book was so exciting.
LEONARD. Yes, that’s right.
EUSTASIA. But I took his temperature before I began reading.
NICHOLAS. Perhaps yesterday’s instalment was still hanging about a bit.
EUSTASIA (to LEONARD). No, darling, not to-night. Just to please his Eustasia.
LEONARD (sulkily). All right.
[166]EUSTASIA. That’s a good boy. (She walks to the door, NICHOLAS going with her to open it.) And if he’s very good, and Eustasia is very quick dressing, perhaps she’ll read him another little bit of that nice book before dinner.
[She goes out.
LEONARD. I say, don’t go, old chap. You can change in five minutes.