He. Discussed it very much indeed. So fortunate too that we had the meeting before everybody had left town.
She. Yes. But did you not inquire into microbes and all that?
He. Certainly; had a lot of talk about them, and finished them all up just in time not to interfere with Goodwood.
She. And I suppose you found out the way to keep everyone in perfect health?
He. That was the idea, and yet we floored Lords and the Oval.
She. But oughtn't every town to be in a satisfactory condition?
He. Why, yes. But that depends upon the season of the year. Of course, some places are deadly dull when nothing's going on from a social point of view.
She. I mean from a health point of view—oughtn't everything nowadays to be simply excellent?
He. Yes, of course. That's the modern theory.
She. And yet, according to the papers, London is full of fever and insanity.