"I hope so, my lord. As your lordship knows, the aim from the breast-pocket tends to be unreliable. I have made three attempts, and trust that one at least may prove to be not unsuccessful."
"How soon can you develop them?"
"At once, if your lordship pleases. I have all the materials in my suit case."
"What fun!" said Lord Peter, eagerly tying himself into a pair of mauve silk pyjamas. "May I hold the bottles and things?"
Mr. Bunter poured 3 ounces of water into an 8-ounce measure, and handed his master a glass rod and a minute packet.
"If your lordship would be so good as to stir the contents of the white packet slowly into the water," he said, bolting the door, "and, when dissolved, add the contents of the blue packet."
"Just like a Seidlitz powder," said his lordship happily. "Does it fizz?"
"Not much, my lord," replied the expert, shaking a quantity of hypo crystals into the hand-basin.
"That's a pity," said Lord Peter. "I say, Bunter, it's no end of a bore to dissolve."
"Yes, my lord," returned Bunter sedately. "I have always found that part of the process exceptionally tedious, my lord."