[With implied rebuke.] No, I've only just come round—as you weren't at the office,—to——
Horace.
I've been engaged all day. Oh, by the bye, do you know Professor and Mrs.——
[Is about to introduce him.
Pringle.
[Stiffly.] I am happy to say, my dear fellow, that I require no introduction. We are old friends.
Professor Futvoye.
[Impatiently.] To come to the point, Ventimore, as we are rather pressed for time—about the sale? How did you get on, eh?
Horace.
Oh, ah—the sale. [Producing catalogue from pocket.] Well, I did exactly as you told me.