"Horrible!" said Dale, with a shudder. "At any rate we can prevent that. I'm so glad you thought of it."
"Old Hedger told me they had ordered nothing for three days."
"How the deuce does Hedger know everything?"
"It's lucky he knew this, isn't it?"
"By Jove, it is! Because, you know, Phil, I feel a kind of responsibility."
"Nonsense, Dale! Not really?"
"Oh, you needn't laugh. Of course I couldn't know the man was a sort of lunatic. One doesn't write for lunatics."
"Perhaps they ought to be considered, being so numerous."
"However, it's all right now. Awfully obliged to you, Phil."