GEORGE
Absolutely.
THE AGENT
Mad? Of course I am mad. But—(He turns suddenly, and subsides as a man in a guard's uniform enters.)
THE GUARD
Ah, here you are! Thought you'd given us the slip, did you? (To the others) Escaped from the Asylum, he did, a week ago, and got a job here. We've been huntin' him high and low. Come along now!
GEORGE
(recovering with difficulty the power of speech) What—what's the matter with him?
THE GUARD
Matter with him? He went crazy, he did, readin' the works of Bernard Shaw. And if he wasn't in the insane asylum he'd be in jail. He's a bigamist, he is. He married fourteen women. But none of 'em would go on the witness stand against him. Said he was an ideal husband, they did. Fourteen of 'em! But otherwise he's perfectly harmless. Come now!