Parbury.
Wait a moment. What is all this interrogation for?
Gunning.
Idle curiosity if you like—study of life if you like. Come, out with it, when did you last have dear old Tom Burleigh to dinner?
Parbury.
[Almost defiantly.] The day we returned from our honeymoon.
[Slightly awkward pause.
Gunning.
[Musingly.] About five years and six weeks ago.
Parbury.