Messiter.

No trouble, Mr. Blond, thank you. [Sniffing.] Candles—blown out—lately. This is where the light was.

Blond.

Perhaps. My servant, Isidore, sleeps here; he has only just gone to bed.

Messiter.

Oh! [Taking a bull’s-eye lantern from Harris and throwing the light on Isidore, who is apparently sleeping soundly.] Dead tired, I suppose?

Blond.

I suppose so.

Messiter.

[Slightly turning down the covering.] He sleeps in his clothes?