NICHOLAS. That’s right.
DOMINIC. And you would wish me to be that third case, sir?
NICHOLAS. That’s the idea.
DOMINIC. And be cosseted back to health by her ladyship?
[171]LATIMER. Such would be your inestimable privilege.
DOMINIC. I am sorry, sir. I must beg respectfully to decline.
NICHOLAS. I say, be a sport.
LEONARD (awkwardly). Of course we should—— Naturally you would not—er—lose anything by—er——
LATIMER. His lordship wishes to imply that not only would your mental horizon be widened during the period of convalescence, but that material blessings would also flow. Isn’t that right, Leonard?
NICHOLAS. A commission on the gold medal. Naturally.