"You have your hat? Yes."
"A tablespoonful six times a day in a wineglass of water."
"Yes. The instructions, I see, are on the bottle."
Captain Rames opened the door with his pleasantest smile.
"To-morrow at your great meeting," said M. Poizat, "I shall be there. I shall hear what you say. Your voice will ring like a trumpet. And perhaps at the end of your speech, you will say that it is all due to Lungatine."
A frosty silence followed upon the words. Captain Rames said indifferently:
"You have been in England a long time. You are naturalized, of course?"
M. Poizat did not reply to the question.
"Perhaps you will say that it is all due to Lungatine," he repeated softly. "Perhaps you will say that. Who knows?"
Captain Rames looked up at the ceiling.