With an attempt at airiness. Oh, yes, they’ve dragged me into it.
Jeyes.
Since when have you been a member of the Company?
Roper.
No, but—dash it, I’ve done business for Carlton in the City for twenty years or more——!
Jeyes.
That doesn’t make you one.
Roper.
And I’m an old friend of Lil’s.
Jeyes.