Bulger. You said to the right.

Leggatt. I meant to my right.

Bulger. (Provoked.) Well, I’ll be everlastingly—

Leggatt. Hold on, Mr. Bulger, it isn’t worth swearing about. It’s of no consequence. We shall have to wait a month longer for tomatoes, that’s all.

Bulger. I’m very sorry, Mr. Leggatt. I’ll turn in now and risk the damp sheets. I hope you will sleep. (Gets in bed.)

Leggatt. But I won’t. I’m in for a night of it.

Bulger. What is the cause of your insomnia?

Leggatt. My book!

Bulger. Keep away from the races, why don’t you?

Leggatt. I don’t mean that kind of a book. It is the great novel I am writing. It is killing me.