"Ah?"
"And Dalroyd and Denholm——"
"Did I invite 'em all, Tom?"
"Every one, sir!"
"I wonder what made me?"
"Loneliness, sir!"
"D'ye think so, Tom?"
"Aye, you've always been a lonely man, I mind."
"Perhaps I have—except for the Sergeant."
"You are still, sir."