Dickie, Dickie.

[Much alarmed he gets off the sofa.

Barlow.

Is my liver very wrong?

Dickie.

[Completely abstracted.] It’s in a beastly state. I thought it would be.

Barlow.

[In tragic tones.] Richard, tell me the worst at once.

Dickie.

[Impatiently.] Don’t be such an old donkey. Your liver’s as right as mine is. There’s nothing the matter with you except that you do yourself too well, and don’t take enough exercise.