Lukyn.

[Peering through the curtains.] It is still bearing him. What’s his weight? Surely he can’t scale over ten stone. Lord, how wet he is!

Agatha Posket.

Colonel Lukyn!

Lukyn.

[Leaving the window sharply.] Madam, command me!

Agatha Posket.

Colonel Lukyn, we knew each other at Baroda twenty years ago.

Lukyn.