The Benefit of the Doubt; a Comedy in Three Acts

by Arthur Wing Pinero

John.

I understand. [Taking the banjo from Elphick.] And you’ve actually brought the banjo.

Elphick.

Well, when a man’s a bit low, sometimes a little music——

John.

Thanks. [To both of them.] Warm, yesterday and to-day, in that Law Court, wasn’t it?

Elphick.

Agra in June.

John.

Warm in every sense of the word, eh?