Teal followed him into the sitting room.
"Had a thick night?" inquired Teal sympathetically. "Sorry I had to disturb you."
"You didn't have to," said the Saint. "If you'd looked twice, you'd have seen that you only had to push your tie pin into that hole beside the lock, and the door would have opened as wide as a whale's yawn. Or are you going to tell me you hadn't heard, that one before?"
Teal began to unwrap a piece of chewing gum.
"I hear you've had some trouble."
"Nice of you to come round and see if I was all right," said the Saint pleasantly. "As it happens, I'm still in the best of health. Now do you mind if I go back to bed?"
"You're not the only man who had trouble last night," said Teal sleepily.
"Been eating too much again?" said the Saint solicitously.
"Some men," said Teal, "bite off more than they can chew."
The Saint sank into a chair with a sigh.