“Had what in the square?”
“Rashes.”
“I! Have a rash in the square!”
“Exactly. Have you ever—an epidemic, you know?”
“I have an epidemic in Berkeley Square? You must be crazy, Hennessey!”
“Probably, very likely, grannie. But have you? Tell me quickly! Have you?”
“Certainly not! As if any gentlewoman—”
“Answered, grannie, answered! Eight!”
“Eight what?”
“Questions. Thank you, dearest grannie. I knew you’d tell me, I knew you would!”