"Bravo! that will bring us good luck!"
"I hope so!"
"When shall you be in Paris?"
"About 15 August."
"That will suit perfectly!"
"Now, jot down the plan of the prologue for me on a slip of paper."
"Why now?"
"Because I shall come to the rendez-vous with the prologue completed.... The more there is done the less will there be to do."
"Capital! you shall have the outline to-morrow."
"Oh! it will do if I have it just before I leave; if I have it to-morrow, I shall finish it the day after to-morrow, and that will cause trouble in the matter of the drama I am writing."