Pascoe. Precisely. Not very unusual for your strong healthy man to die of pneumonia in twenty-four hours. You ought to know, at your age, that it's a highly dangerous thing to be strong and healthy. (Turning away.) I'll have another look at him before I go.
Carve. (Extremely perturbed.) But this is ridiculous. I simply don't know what I shall do without that man.
The stage is darkened for a few moments to indicate passage of time.
SCENE 2
Time.—The next morning but one.
Slightly less disorder in the room.
Carve and Pascoe are together, the latter ready to leave.
Carve. Will there have to be an inquest?
Pascoe. Inquest? Of course not.