Addington—the man who made the offer—Mr. Tromper—

TROMPER

Pleasedtermeetcher—

[Agnus shakes hands with Tromper, muttering and looking puzzled.

FANNY

You know, on the telephone this morning—

AGNUS (turning away: utterly forgetting Tromper)

Fanny, you didn’t mean that, did you? Of course you didn’t—I know you didn’t! Why—after me winning the prize—

TROMPER (walking around and facing him again)

That’s why we make the offer, Doctor—