CLAV. Nor I. This one will put the respirator on the market; that's all I want.

JABEZ. I thought as much. There's nothing like candour after you've gained your point. (Sitting at desk.) Oh, by the way, there's a meeting of the men to-night.

CLAV. So I hear.

JABEZ. I'm going to speak there.

CLAV. You!

JABEZ. Yes, and I want you to come with me.

CLAV. It's not quite in my line, sir.

JABEZ (persuasively). Oh, just to tell 'em about this little arrangement of ours.

CLAV. I see.

JABEZ. Charlie's speaking, you know. Some one's got to speak against him. Er—I'll see it's a handsome salary, doctor.