I admit it was speculative—but it may turn out a winner. It's rather odd it should be so tightly sealed up.
Professor Futvoye.
[With more interest.] Sealed up, is it? [Coming down and looking at it more carefully.] H'm—the form is certainly antique. It's wonderful what they can do in Birmingham!
Horace.
I really think it may have something inside it. It's not so very heavy, and yet—[tapping it]—it doesn't sound quite as if it were empty.
Professor Futvoye.
It might contain something. I think it most unlikely—but still, it might.
Sylvia.
[Laughing.] You don't mean it might be like that jar the Fisherman found in "The Arabian Nights," with a Genius inside it?
Professor Futvoye.