“Take some pills!” growled Lacey.
“Pills, sir? I ’ate pills!”
“More stupid you. Swallow them at once!”
“Beg pardon, sir?”
“I say, swallow them at once. Best way is to wrap them in cigarette-paper.”
“Beg pardon, sir! A mistake, sir. I said I ’ate pills.”
“I heard you.”
Jerry peered round a little into the lieutenant’s face, to see if he were trying to make a joke; but Lacey looked serious enough, and the man went on, confidentially—
“Fact is, sir, I’m a bit upset.”
“Look sharp and get right again. Don’t you say you’re too poorly to wait on us to-night!”