"Yes, I have ... but I dare not say it."
"Say it, of course."
"You will jump as high as the ceiling!"
"What matter, if I do not come down on your feet!"
"Well, then!"
"Well, what?"
"If I were in your place I would take the play to Scribe."
"No," I replied, "but I will take it to Crosnier."
And, going up to the prompter, I said—