"Father, what's amusing you?"
"Nothing."
"Yes, something is. You've got your funny smile, and you were smiling all to yourself when I came in."
"I was thinking. My right to think is almost the only right I possess that hasn't yet been challenged in this house."
"Where's Charles?"
"Gone to Glasgow."
"Gone to Glasgow?"
"Yes."
"What, just now?"
"Ten minutes ago."