Messiter.
[Writing.] Very nice part, Colonel. Thank you.
Lukyn.
Bah!
Messiter.
Other gentleman?
Vale.
[With languid hauteur.] Horace Edmund Cholmeley Clive Napier Vale. Captain—Shropshire Fusiliers—Stark’s Hotel, Conduit Street.
Messiter.
[Writing.] Retired, sir?