"Yes. The blond one drove me out for half an hour."
"I should have gone with you."
"Why?"
"I would never sit anywhere seven hours."
"What would you have done?"
"Gone to Belasco's house, or telephoned something startling that would have brought him down quickly."
"For instance?"
"Well, that the theatre was on fire."
"But when he got there?"
"I'd have made him see it was a joke."