Varlie.
(Laughing noisily.) That’s a good one! (Looks up and sees Loveday.) Say, Miss Loveday, did you hear that? He don’t seem to trust me!
Loveday.
He has queer intuitions sometimes. But perhaps he is only afraid of your business superiority.
Roto.
Very cheap, Maori-stone, safe kill, no pakeha doctor could tell.
Varlie.
(Laughing.) He’s a nice villain!
Loveday.