"I know that some surmise of yours has proved correct, which is enough."
The coffee really was hot. After drinking a little, my smile returned.
"Tell him," said Berry.
"We've been thinking it over," said Daphne, "and we've come to the conclusion that you'd better call."
"On whom? For what?"
"Be call-boy."
I rose to my feet.
"Ladies and gentlemen," I said, "I have to thank you this day—it is meant for a day, isn't it?—for the honour you have done me. Although I can scarcely hope to sustain the role in a manner worthy of the best traditions of—"
"We'd cast you for something else, if it was safe," said Daphne.
"You don't really think I'm going to call, do you?"