Texel. Bravo! This is as good as the trial.
Alcar. (Good-humouredly.) Will you answer questions here?
Carve. (Good-humouredly.) It depends.
Alcar. Do you assert that you are Ilam Carve?
Carve. I assert nothing.
Alcar. Are you Ilam Carve?
Carve. Yes, but I don't want to be.
Alcar. Might I inquire why you allowed your servant to be buried in your name?
Carve. Well, he always did everything for me—a most useful man.... But I didn't 'allow' him to be buried in my name. On the
[141]contrary, I told various people that I was not dead—but strange to say, nobody would believe me. My handsome, fascinating cousin here wouldn't even let me begin to tell him. Even my wife wouldn't believe me, so I gave it up.