(Who has just come in, left)
Clean off whose feet?
Egerton.
Yours, Ardsley. Step right in.
(The Chief of Police goes out, left)
Ralph Ardsley.
What's the news now?
Egerton.
The news is that you've got
Barely an hour to get on your togs.
(Ardsley unbuttons his light overcoat and shows his full dress)