[Holland looks up quickly, and then stares in a puzzled way.

Holland.

I seem to know your face. Have I seen you anywhere?

Waiter.

[With a smile.] Mr. Ambrose Holland, I think.

Holland.

Jack Straw! What on earth are you doing here?

Jack Straw.

My dear fellow, it is possible to be no less of a philosopher in the uniform of a waiter at the Grand Babylon Hotel than in the gown of a professor at the University of Oxford.

[He goes out.